| First published Aug.7, 2014]  Above: On our way, at Zibo train station! Right: Ross is standing in front of an old fire watchtower, now surrounded by apartment buildings. I guess that's my finger tip in the upper left hand corner. |  |  Gingko tree in temple courtyard with red wooden tags attached. Presumably supplications to the Goddess of Heaven. |
Left: The Wind of May sculpture at the waterfront, lit up at night. Middle: I've seen almost no graffiti in China. Right: fuzzy but gives you some idea of the light show downtown, all the skyscrapers are part of the show. Below left: street vendor. I feel a little guilty taking photos of people going about their daily lives. OTOH, Chinese people sometimes take pictures of Ross and me, and point at us and talk about us. We feel like big sweaty bears in the zoo sometimes. Center: more temple. Below right. Uh, swastika pattern in the window grill. It used to be a common and harmless decoration, used in India as well.
Below left; greenhouses viewed from the train. We guess an area the size of Luxembourg is all greenhouses. Now I know where all the watermelons come from. Center: Beautiful stone work around boulders, topped off with ivy. Bottom right: A little hazy, but a beautiful view from the coffee house perched on a hill.
We never made it on to the beach in Qingdao and we did not visit the Beer Museum, but maybe another time.
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