Feb 26 6C Very cold Tour to Jade Buddha temple the city, interesting to see temple architecture against high rise buildings. Many different areas with prayer stools, and several Buddhas. The jade Buddhas (One large sitting one and one reclining ) made of White jade, much rarer than green jade. To M50 Creative garden........old factory warehouse area now used as a creative arts centre.........painting, pottery , etc etc. very beautiful works.

Feb 27 7C feels colder than yesterday Early start, on bus before 8am !! Spent 30 mins in Gucheng Park watching people do morning exercises, filling time as Yu gardens did not open until 9am. The garden is beautiful, but our guide spent far too long describing every tiny detail so we were standing around in the cold just getting frozen. Then we had free time in a street market..........we headed straight to a coffee shop !!!!! Next stop Shanghai Museum. Great displays of early costume, calligraphy, art work, and furniture.