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Beijing, Tianan Park, Tuesday afternoon: Earlier in the day those of us who had the vacation time to spare flew up to Beijing to be tourists. We took the subway and a bus to get to the park where the Temple of Heaven (pictured) is. [Posing on the higher step: TK, Saul, Froi; lower step: Henry, David, Talal; way up front: Alain]

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Shanghai, Monday (the 27th):
Looking up through the rotunda atop the Shanghai Museum. (Gotta love that zoom.) Those of us who didn't go to the museum the week before took it in. And the first exhibit we saw: Etruscan artifacts. With Gregorian chant playing in the background. (Really.) There were more traditional Chinese exhibits as well, but photography wasn't allowed (and with all the guards around I wasn't going to try it. I wasn't about to end up in a Chinese prison just so you all could see a painting or jade carving.)