Riverside Promenade

We had some decent weather in early September but then it warmed up again and got really, really humid. Temperatures had been around 90 and it was so hazy that you couldn't see the upper floors of some of the buildings downtown. You wouldn't think that it could be any more humid than the Ohio Valley but it sure has been. Then we had a cold front and some rain come thru Friday and this weekend has been great. Temperatures in the mid-70s, low humidity, and blue skies - great fall weather. To get out and enjoy the day, Kristi and I went down to the Riverside Promenade. The Promenade is in the middle of the city on the Huang Pu (hwong poo)River, right in front of Pearl Tower and Superbrand Mall. It goes on for several blocks with a lot of restaurants and cafes where you can sit and people watch and and check out the traffic on the river. I managed to get a few pictures before my camera battery died. You can find them here.

If you look at the pictures, you'll see there were a couple of wedding parties on the riverfront today. There are no church weddings here like we are accustomed to in the US. Instead, the actual marriage is done at some government office. From what I understand, it's similar to renewing your driver's license. Take a number, take a seat, wait your turn, sign here, OK, now you're married. Then later they will have a ceremony, usually at a restaurant or hotel, where they dress up, take tons of pictures, hire a car to driver them around, and have a big party. So the ones you see in these photos were probably married sometime in the last couple of weeks.