What Do Americans Like to Do for Fun

What do Americans Like to do for fun?

Americans are big on electronics. Lots of Americans time is spent watching T.V., playing on the computer (twitter, myspace, facebook,etc.) or texting. Exercise is important of course and Americans get that from organized activities more than they do than just going outside. Lots of teens spend their time hanging out with their friends: walking places, going shopping, or hanging out around the neighborhood. But overall Americans biggest past time is using electronics. Without them, America would not be the America it is today. [But don't get the impression that's all Americans do and are total eletronic zombies.] Hope that helped:)

Top 10 things to do in shanghai:

1. Barrel down the BundBeijing has the Great Wall and Xi’an the Terracotta Army, but Shanghai has its Bund, a magnificent riverside sweep of masonry that grew with the rise of Shanghai and impassively watched the city’s decline and renaissance. Nowhere else in Shanghai are the ebbing symbols of Western hegemony so deftly contrasted to monuments of China’s growing clout. The promenade is ideal for putting every Bund building in its proper context; it’s a carnival of kiosks, hawkers, tour groups and the commercial mayhem of China’s tourist boom. Visit at dawn for tai-chi performers or at dusk to see twilight settle magically over Pudong’s skyscrapers.

2. Breeze around People’s SquareFar less austere than Beijing’s crypto-Stalinist Tiananmen Square, People’s Square has none of the paranoia of the capital’s notorious rectangle. But even if you’re twitchy with crowds, you will find the square an unavoidable tangle of metro interchange, intriguing museums, dazzling hotels, top vistas and cultural venues.

3. Size up LujiazuiNothing in Shanghai is more manufactured and aspirational than Lujiazui, Pudong’s most pulsating panorama. and the city’s state-of-the-art answer to Hong Kong’s Central district, as viewed from Kowloon. China’s economic nerve centre, Lujiazui is an ever-evolving scene. The best way to reflect on China’s landmark towers is at night, but any time will do. Weather permitting, toast the towers from the terrace of NewHeights in the Bund. Alternatively, savour high-altitude views – stratocirrus permitting – in Lujiazui itself from Cloud 9 or the world’s highest observation deck in the WorldFinancialCenter.

4. Savour Shanghai’s dishy deco heritageShanghai is a snappy museum of art-deco style. The machine-age building form evokes racy 1920s and ’30s Shanghai, when the city first emerged as a modern, cosmopolitan city. The clothing and fashions of that era may have vanished, but art-deco hotels, apartment blocks, private residences, cinemas and banks – made of more durable materials – have survived.

5. Put Frenchtown in the frameThe modish French Concession comes into focus with a meander around its leafy back streets. With politics,shopping, old gangster pads and dining, entertainment is guaranteed. Cap the experience off with dinner and drinks at one of the area’s excellent restaurants and bars. Shanghai has its European eccentricity, but little prepares you for the Gothic towers.

6. Fish for fashion around TianzifangShoppers and wanderers take note: this engaging warren of stone-gate houses, architecture and hipboutiques is the perfect spot for browsing while soaking in theflavours of the ever-elusive traditional Shanghai neighbourhood.The handsome recipe of lane housing, wi-fi cafes, art galleries andfashion shops fills out this residential community.

7. Drink and dine among Shanghai’s ShikumenXintiandi hasn’t been around for a decade yet and already it’s a Shanghai icon. An upscale entertainment complex modelled on traditional lilong (alleyway) homes, Xintiandi was the first development in the city to prove that historic architecture does, in fact, have economic value. Well-heeled shoppers and alfresco diners keep the place busy until late, and if you’re looking for a memorable meal or a browse through some of Shanghai’s more fashionable shops, this is the place.

8. Link up with Shanghai’s laid-back lanesShanghai’s ultramodern skyline is electric for sure, but also impersonal and dwarfing. Don’t fret. For things on a more human scale, where real communities get on with their daily lives, meandering through Shanghai’s collection of lilong alleysand shikumen homes is a helpful antidote. These gorgeous stone-and-brick communities, mainly designed from the mid-19th century to the art-deco era, hog much of Shanghai’s characteristic Concession-era charms, where low-rise tenements line up in neat, pretty rows.

9. Go on an Old Town culture questWith its shaded alcoves, sparkling pools flashing with goldfish, beckoning classical pavilions, rustling bamboo and rocky recesses, YuyuanGardens is one of Shanghai’s most eminent sights. This prompts a caveat: classical Chinese gardens were simply not designed to accommodate daily visitor figures topping a thousand. Securing that unique, tranquil atmosphere that brought these gardens fame can be a mission improbable. Set your alarm for an early, pre-crowd visit for glimpses of the gardens’ tranquilising harmonies of light and shade, and rock and water.

10. Delve into the divineAt the Jade Buddha Temple , Shanghai’s holiest Buddhist shrine, the tinkle of the tourist dollar clashes with the sacred chanting of monks and birds chirping from Magnolia grandifl ora branches.. Festooned with red lanterns, the halls and courtyards of the saffron-coloured temple glitter with fine effigies and temple ornaments. A visit is a reminder of the growing religious fever sweeping China.

Top ten Russia: 1) hunting 2) chess 3) boxing, 4) hockey 5) drinking vodka

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