After Abi left for school this morning I went for a walk.....I took my camera with me to keep me entertained....this is what I saw...

Out the elevator and into the lobby...
Past the mail boxes....ours is on the right on the top row
out the back door....
to the walking path that connects our buildings...
this path goes past three buildings...
drivers lined up waiting for passengers....
bikes bikes and more bikes....

Ah...we are now on the street...
walking toward the ferry station and the river front...
entrance to the river park....


path to the river park...
basketball court on the river....not much basketball being played today....mostly just sitting..
ah....the river...

the view from the river....
people excercising and visiting....

This guy is popping up all over town...he is the mascot for the world expo that will be held in Shanghai in 2010..

more river...

river park with the city scape behind...
in the park....
big ships passing....

axelias blooming....makes me a bit home sick...
back on the street....the river walkway is not finished so you have to exit several times along the way....
back to the river walk....

trees are very pretty.....
workmen on the river walk..
more green things...

park decorations....
a lighthouse.....
metal trees with feet...

exit the walk way again onto "pee street"....this is our nick name for this section of street because the taxi drivers like to stop here and use the bushes.....gross!!!!
on the street again...
construction work on the new tunnel....

bus station....

construction work around the bus station...

more work....
more construction....
second ferry station....people getting ready to board...

more buses...
floating restaurant...
city scape....

pedestrian walkway....
City shop....our import grocery store...
back side of the river park...

on the street for a while longer....
up the stairs....
ah....the river again.......with a huge white ship passing a smaller red ship...

watching the river...
resturants and ....coffee shops!!..do you recogonize those green umberllias?
STARBUCKS!....no time to stop today....

More resturants....
and.....a very small McDonalds...
outdoor seating for ice cream.....

this is the newest section of the river front walkway...
more outdoor seating...
view of The Bund.....

more green space....
the world globe building....
the river bend.....

the end of the walk way.....time to turn around....
Wow!...there are a lot of tall buildings here....
more of the river....

looks very different going this direction...
ah....almost home....these are our buildings in the background...
more green space...

back on the road again.....
our street.....
more of our street....and now back to the lobby....