China Silk Road

I had always called it the Silk markets and that was plan B for today. Plan A was to go one way around the lake and then return but as it was minus obe degree at 10am when we were wanting to go out, I suggested that we go to the silk place today rather than Monday. Monday is supposed to be warmer.

We set off and crossed the main road Yan'an Road, as it is so busy, there is an amazing structure with stairs and escalators going up, then walkways and down again. Plan B also included finding the foreign language book store, not that we need to buy any books but there used to be a great coffee shop attached. I discovered that although one could go there via the book store, it is a seperate business altogether.

We walked under a bridge at one stage and this was what we saw.

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Coffee shop after our walk was very welcome, had nice mocha and spag bol. Only down point with lunch was a woman who light up a cigarette at the next table. We found out that we had been put into the smokers area. We finished our meal quickly and left.