Mikey had been telling me about the urban planning museum, which he had not visited yet, but which contained a scale model of the entire shanghai area.

The model took up an entire floor of the building, and was roughly 60 feet wide by 40 feet long. It was incredible. In the very background of this photo, you can see a railing which is about waist high when I am standing at it. I hope that gives you a sense of scale for it.

Basically, the model was bigger than my house. How's that?



One of the things I was very happy to see were some historic photographs illustrating different periods in Shanghai's history. Including the era when my mother was living in Shanghai.