Before leaving Jinan, I met with a Chinese judge who is interested in immigrating to America. She is apparently fed up with the big brother issues and also wants to take her son to America for a better life. After lunch I left Jinan for Shanghai and checked in at the Four Seasons. Here is the lobby. I had a very excellent sashimi and sushi dinne...

The Four Season's hotel is like a little slice of heaven on earth (sorry for the cliche!) Not only is the facility amazing but the service is unlike anything that I have ever experienced. We have hypothesized that we could hold out our dirty cups and saucers and let go and the dishes would be picked up before they hit the ground (untested theory...