Dear Cracker Friends :
For three days at the beginning of July 2011 I came to Jinan , Shandong Province , China to visit a friend. Jinan is the capital of Shandong Province and is a rather non-descript , drab industrial city. There are a few things here worth seeing though. Baotou Spring Park , Danming Lake and Qi Fu mountain are three beautiful parks that you could thoroughly explore in a couple of days. The main city in Shandong that people want to see is Qingdao. I'll have more on that at a later date. Qingdao is only a 3 hour train ride from Jinan so it might be worth a side trip to Jinan just to take a look. You'd need maybe four or five days . Three to see the Spring and Lakes Park and The Mountain and then two to take a look at the rest of the city.
The artwork below came from the museums in Baotou Springs and DanMing Lake Parks Museums. I hope you enjoy it. I find Chinese art incredibly beautiful. The next slideshow is of Baotou Springs Park and then DanMing Lake Park.
For three days at the beginning of July 2011 I came to Jinan , Shandong Province , China to visit a friend. Jinan is the capital of Shandong Province and is a rather non-descript , drab industrial city. There are a few things here worth seeing though. Baotou Spring Park , Danming Lake and Qi Fu mountain are three beautiful parks that you could thoroughly explore in a couple of days. The main city in Shandong that people want to see is Qingdao. I'll have more on that at a later date. Qingdao is only a 3 hour train ride from Jinan so it might be worth a side trip to Jinan just to take a look. You'd need maybe four or five days . Three to see the Spring and Lakes Park and The Mountain and then two to take a look at the rest of the city.
The artwork below came from the museums in Baotou Springs and DanMing Lake Parks Museums. I hope you enjoy it. I find Chinese art incredibly beautiful. The next slideshow is of Baotou Springs Park and then DanMing Lake Park.
