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Legendary World Expo Trip in Shanghai
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First of all, my Shanghai Expo tour should be some kind of legendary, but not romantic. The expo park is so large and it should be a challenge physical strength. The result shows that I precisely predicted that situation. In fact, my trip is legendary because of a surprise in the end of 2009. I was lucky to get a ticket for the opening ceremony of Shanghai Expo in an exhibition fair, just like I won a prize in lottery. I then booked the ticket for other two days for me and my husband. I am really proud of my foresight when I visit the park. One day is not enough at all.
Fireworks in the Opening Ceremony |
outside Theme Pavilion |
French Pavilion was the first pavilion that we need to wait in the long queue. It was nearly 1.5 hours, standing outside the pavilion. We had shifts: I had a rest when my husband stood in line. Then we take turns. It seems many pavilions in Pudong need to do this, including UK Pavilion, which I was most interested in. So, we gave up many popular pavilions. I did not see perfume in French. We cheated by the propaganda?!
We decided to take ferry to Puxi to see enterprises; pavilions. Vanke Pavilion is nice. We saw the future city mode in 2049. There was a 6D screen in State Grid Pavilion, which made me dazzling. We also experienced earthquake in Broad Pavilion. There are many squares within the park. Beverage stands are easy to find. Drinks are not expensive and I am happy for that. Food is so expensive there. Fortunately, we brought our own food. Find a shade in the squares and have a rest, admire African songs and other performance. I thought that is more pleasing than visiting a pavilion.
future city mode made of wasted items |
We had one day off to see around Shanghai, including the Bund, Yuyuan Garden, Xintiandi. Well, shopping was a must, of course. Got back to hotel early that night, for we would have an early and final visit to the expo! My purposes: precious painting (Chinese Symphonic Picture Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival) in China Pavilion (This is the top state treasure!), and Cirque du Soleil in Canada Pavilion.
We got to the entrance at 8:30! Wow, there were already twisting lines here. I doubted if I can get the ticket to China Pavilion for there were many people would like to get one. When I pass the security check, a guard in black uniform gave us two tickets! I was surprise that the things seemed happen to us so fast. I was just saying that we are so lucky! At this time, I found we had to visit China Pavilion in different times. Times printed in the tickets are different. We changed one ticket with a lady. We would see China Pavilion at 3:30pm. Time is not loose for our flight was at 7pm. Anyway, this was a good start.
The sphere screen in Earth Pavilion was amazing. We waited for an hour to enter German Pavilion and it was really worth waiting. Italia Pavilion is fine too, more interesting than French Pavilion. Canada Pavilion disappointed me because Cirque du Soleil did not show up at all. US Pavilion looks not creative and special. Short movies were great. Do not miss it. We found shuttle bus to China Pavilion. The bus stoped at Expo Axis, very close to China Pavilion then. After that, we had a quick view on Vietnam, Burma, Korea and Iran pavilions. It was time to leave. We chose to leave from Exit 4, for there was Expo Bus Line 15 which can take us to Pudong Airport directly. The vehicle is VOLVO, very nice. Only five passengers on the bus, very nice!
Well, forget one thing! It is better to pick a performance plan of that day when you visit, apart from the expo park map. Parades and shows are sometimes more interesting. That is something really culture based.
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