My friend, Ginny is leaving Shanghai to move back to America. I met Ginny during my first week in Shanghai. She had children the same age as mine. She had a first grader, Dan, and a 2-year old, Clare plus another boy, Joey, in the middle. Clare and Elle played together often as 2-year olds…until they began school at 3. A ladies Expo trip was arranged to spend the day with Ginny as a farewell.

We met at the ferry at 8:15am to begin another adventure day at the Expo. We had six ladies on our Expo adventure, Ginny, Mary, Gloria, Donna, Fawn and me.

Ireland Pavilion – Ireland was our first stop of the day. The outside seemed to have little to do with Ireland. It did have grass around it.

Turkey Pavilion – Turkey was next to Ireland with a line that was moving…so it was the next stop.

Norway Pavilion – The Norway Pavilion was about nature and using nature for energy. The frame of the building was designed to keep the building cool without air conditioning.

Greece Pavilion – By the time we got to Greece, we were hungry. We thought it would be a good stop for lunch. We decided we would begin the tour of the pavilion at the food point. We sat down to enjoy so-so food that was expensive. We paid 110rmb/$16 for a meat pie.

Estonia Pavilion – Estonia Pavilion was next to Greece with no lines. We would all agree this was a rather boring pavilion. There were these big pigs in the building. The thought was to drop your ideas into the “piggy bank”.

Monaco Pavilion – The Monaco Pavilion had a good video on the “rock” of Monaco and the history of how it grew. I enjoyed the video and the history of Monaco.

Spain Pavilion – The Spain Pavilion was very fun from the outside, but we didn’t go in as the line was over 2 hours – pass!

Iceland Pavilion – The Iceland Pavilion was small, but had a video of the the beauty of Iceland. It was interesting to watch all the beautiful landscapes of Iceland.

Ukraine Pavilion – The Ukraine Pavilion was next to Iceland with no lines. Again, nothing inside so we walked through very fast. The outside was better than the inside.

Great Britain Pavilion – The Great Britain Pavilion is very interesting. We saw it from the outside only. The pavilion looks like a box with thousands of spines that hover without visible support. It is a cube formed by more than 60, 000 slim and transparent acrylic rods containing seeds of different plants that were collected in a bio-diversity project.

Luxemburg Pavilion – The Luxemburg Pavilion was very large with outdoor and indoor sites. A very pretty Pavilion to enjoy the flowers.

Peru Pavilion – I have no photo of Peru as my battery was low. We enjoyed the food and wine in the Peru Pavilion. We stopped for a glass of wine and some tasty meats – much cheaper than lunch in Greece.

USA Pavilion – The USA Pavilion was a photo stop on our way out.

It was another fun day at the Expo. We saw many “C” listed Pavilions. I don’t know if I will see any “A” listed Pavilions as standing in line for 2 hours seems to take away the fun. It is fun to walk around and see the outsides of all the Pavilions.