Visiting the expo with 402,999 other people

Today the attendance at the expo was 403,000 people. Not quite the half million I was hoping for, but still quite a few. 

The weather for visiting the expo today was just right. Overcast, but not rainy. Warm, not too hot or not too cold. In a word, perfect.

Meng, Hudson, and I took ayi to the expo, and Natalie tagged along. We started out in Puxi, and we visited the expo museum. It was interesting to learn a little about the history of the expo and see some of the things that had been exhibited at previous expos. After that, we came out and there was going to be a show in 30 min, so we decided to get a little to eat, and then we could watch the performance of the Shaolin Monks. 

It was a really amazing performance. They demonstrated many different types of Kung Fu. I thought the Drunken Kongfu was really interesting. I was glad we got to see some kind of performance. 

After that, we headed over to the Pudong side. We visited the Brunei Pavilion and got some food from there. It was better than I expected. After that we went to the Cambodia Pavilion, and we saw them play some musical instruments from their country. When we came out, there was a performance by the native people from New Zealand, so we watched part of that. Then we went to the China Pavilion to take some photos. 

We decided to take a break after that, and we went to Mister Donuts for coffee and donuts. Then we went to look at some of the China provinces pavilion. We looked at a few of the provinces. After that, Natalie decided she needed to leave to meet a friend for watching world cup. We continued on to the Europe part. First, we grabbed a bite to eat at Yoshinoya, and then we got a bus to go to Europe area. We thought about going to the German Pavilion, but when we saw the line was insane, we skipped it. As I have the id from the British Council, we decided to go the UK Pavilion again. I thought it was worth visiting at night, and Hudson wanted to play at the part area inside. 

It was then that I got a chance to ask ayi what she thought about the expo. She said it gave her a chance to "widen her eyes" and it made her think about how big Shanghai is. To see this park is so big, and it is just a small part of Shanghai. I really did not know what I expected ayi to say about the expo, but it wasn't that. She seemed to really enjoy herself today, and I hope she wasn't disappointed. 

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