Day 29 - The Expo
Beike and 10th floor staff teamed up today to take patients and some nurses to the International Horticulture Exposition at the far eastern edge of Shenyang. This was a very nice gesture but not all patients went on the trip; I was one of them. I have had a rather active bladder while in China and today was one of those days, so I decided to stay put. I have attached some observations and thoughts from my dad’s journal:
“The Expo is worth the time if one is at all interested in horticulture, plants, flowers, and culture. The park is represented by many nations, for example, if one wanted to see the flowers and plants of Indonesia, there is ample space for elaborate displays. Of course, China was most represented by their provinces and great cities. Over one million people have visited the site so far.
When we arrived and made it through the entrance (this after we were greeted by a score of Chinese running with our bus to be the first to hock a cheaper ticket), we saw many students from a local university touring the area. Strangely, the students all wore like uniforms, similar to a private elementary school. Countless numbers of the students were saying
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