Qingdao Day 4

Finally, after a couple of busy days catching up on work after my Qingdao Trip, I can finish blogging about Qingdao.  On the final day, we explored the final part of the coast, where the 2008 Beijing Olympic Sailing events were held.  I might have said this before, but if a city hosts Sailing in the Olympics, it must be beautiful.  Also, as you will be able to tell from the pictures, it was a beyond perfect day, and before I get into the heart of this post, I will apologize if I overuse the word beautiful.

I think I posted this before, but it's worth posting again

We began the day at May 4th Square, which is near the downtown area and is a beautiful.  There is a giant red statue that makes for really cool pictures.

After this, we continued walking around the area and snapped a few more pictures:

European style housing right by the water.

Really cool looking bridge that I faild to get a better picture of than this.

After this, we went onto one pier that had all the flags participating in the sailing events as well as an Olympic torch.

Another favorite picture.  I am also very sneaky (Hello, Melissa Morof).

Eventually, we wandered into a very nice mall, and after that, we had a later lunch at Din Tai Fung, which is a fairly well known restaurant for serving dumplings.  Actually, there is apparently a location of this in Toronto, so if you have a chance to visit, I highly recommend doing so.  You know what's coming next:

Finally, we walked more towards the Olympic center area and snap more pictures there:

Mexico! Israel! and Greece?

Finally,  I would like to wish a Happy Fathers Day to the number one Dad in the world.  Thank you for giving me these opportunities to see the world.  Most of all, thank you for being just wonderful.

Edit: Apparently, I have one-upped my Mom and Sister, who chose to use these pictures of my dad from our ski trip in Utah:

Love You!!!