Our Beijing friend Jin Yi who is from Tianjin joined us for a day of sightseeing.
Our first stop was the Tianjin Museum which was well worth a visit. The section on the history of the city of Tianjin was extensive, informative, and with good English signage. Other exhibits like the Gems of the Silk Road (below) lacked English signage.
The docents giving free tours were enthusiastic.
After the museum we headed to the Five Roads area. Being the May 1st holidays there were lots of tourists.
We were kinda worn out and stopped at the newly refurbished Minyuan Stadium for some cold drinks...
...and some fun with a hologram exhibit in their small museum.
Lots of folks had been enjoying a free concert inside the stadium.
During the Colonial Era there were many Modernist villas built in the Five Roads area.
We stopped in a mall food court for dinner. The sushi restaurant was hopping.
Check out these super-sized one liter Mingle Sweet cold drinks.
On the way back to our hotel we walked along the river via Tianjin Railway Station to check out the lights.
Before catching our 1PM train to Shanghai we headed over to visit the house, a rather luxurious Spanish-style villa, where Pu Yi, the Last Emperor of China, lived from 1927 to 1931.
Mobile bicycle repair shop on the corner near our hotel.
Sun-Ling and John have been traveling the earth since 2008 while blogging, eating vegetarian and vegan, and riding public transportation. We love uphill day hikes, 20th-century architecture, Roman ruins, all bodies of water, local markets, shopping for groceries, aqueducts, miradors, trip planning, blablacar, and more.
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