Kirk & Alex Trip to Aquarium + Downtown Tour

While Kathryn and Elizabeth were in Michigan for Vineeta's wedding, Alex and I spent our Sunday together in Shanghai. We started our day off by taking the subway to the downtown area of Pudong. We went to lunch at Hooters. Isn't this what guys do when the girls are away?

We then went to the Shanghai Aquarium. It is a really nice aquarium. We took the stroller, but Alex wanted to be out to run around so he could see all of the sealife up close. Probably the most interesting things we saw were the jellyfish and the scubadivers feeding the sharks. They had a tube where you walked under the water. It was really cool. At the end of the aquarium tour they had an arcade where there were several car rides. Alex had to try all of them out. On our way out we bought some popcorn as Alex needed a snack.

We then went on a bus tour (with an open top) of the Pudong downtown area (called Luijiazui Area) so we could get a good view of all of the tall buildings. It was a very clear day so we were able to get some very good pictures of the Pearl Tower, Jin Mao Building and the New Financial Tower they are building. It was nice on the bus as they had a waitress that served you drinks and snacks during the tour.

After the tour we walked through the Lujiazui Park. It is a really nice park, but much smaller than Century Park across from our house. It was also a good place to take puctures of the tall buildings. Alex wanted to ride the golf carts that you could rent, but he was getting tired so we needed to get home. We can do that next time.