Saturday, September 13, dawned sunny and clear with a temperature in the mid-70s and much lower humidity than usual. Our neighbor, Steve Keith, a retired middle-school principal from Indiana who has been teaching in Dalian for a year and a half, offered to be our guide to Laodong Gongyuan (aka, Labor Park). The park is a spacious green oasis right in the heart of our bustling metropolis. At the entrance to the park, we encountered a balloon vendor with strangely familiar wares (see picture within) that led us to suspect that Labor Park was not much more than a knock-off Chinese version of Disneyland. We soon realized that our mistaken first impression could not have been further from the truth. The park offers a wide variety of pleasant outdoor settings to enjoy. People of all ages and all walks of life come here to take part in many different activities. Just click on this link to join us on a quick tour of the park:
Steve Keith tells us that Labor Park is full of activity every day of the year, including a twice-a-month "marriage market" where hopeful parents trade information about their single offspring.
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