This gray day started out with a walk to the Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Center, which led me through the French Concession. The architecture of the homes in this neighborhood do, in fact, resemble those seen in France and other parts of Europe. The area is quiet and the trees lining the street caught most of the rain before it reached the ground.

This also marks my last full day in Shanghai and I spent time wandering the pendestrian street of East Nanjing Road. As the rain began to pick up, people selling umbrellas at the entrances/exists of metro stops seemed to appear out of nowhere. For a mere 10 RMB (roughly $1.60USD) they offered coverage for commuters emerging from the underground. After walking in the rain for a few hours I ducked into a small restaurant that had an open store front so I could continue to hear the rain - the neon was bright and the noodles hot.