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Rainy Saturday Stroll

Captain O

There was no sign of rain when we headed to Shanghai's Century Park on Saturday, just the typical mugginess of Shanghai summer.

The park has a 'hand'-made lake where you can rent a supremely slow-moving motorized boat for an hour. We were not sure if O would be a fan, since our past experience (renting a family bike) resulted in ten minutes of peddling and loads of screaming. As it turned out, she was quite happily snugged between us in the two-seater...then up and down on the seat, seated behind mom, seated behind dad, under the bow, perched on the life-jackets and most happy in the Captain's chair behind the wheel. "Steering very much like her mother," commented her father.

Without much warning, the sky blackened and we were stuck in a downpour of heavy rain. Our boat was soaked, O's raisins had turned back into grapes and we were finally relieved from the humidity!

Notice our little Pirate and her Dabby, post ride; soaked and strolling;)