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Just a quick rundown of my experience at the World Expo today, because I am tired and it’s hard to string a coherent sentence together. Also, as this post doesn’t have pictures yet, I feel like a quick bulleted list is the best way to go about describing today, rather than long chunks of text.

• Most of the pavilions look very cool from the outside. Some of the more unique pavilions (from the outside) include the United Kingdom and China.
• Almost all pavilions have some sort of theme that revolves around topics such as sustainability and being environmentally friendly. This isn’t surprising, considering the World Expo theme is “Better City, Better Life.”
• Since the school year is about to start in China, anytime from September onwards is a far better time to go to the Expo than in the peak of summer. I was told to expect hours upon hours of waiting time, but the longest I waited in line was for one hour. That was when I was waiting to go into the Italy pavilion, and it was completely worth the wait. The line for the USA pavilion was very long too, but Grant and I just showed our USA passports and we were allowed to cut the line.
• Some of the more impressive pavilions, out of the many I saw today: Italy, Ireland, Turkey, Canada, and Mexico.
• Some of the lesser impressive pavilions, out of the many I saw today: Ukraine, Cuba (but in fairness to Cuba, there wasn’t really an exhibit, just a bar-type thing), and USA. (I will elaborate on my feelings about the USA pavilion in another entry.)
• The restaurant at the Peru pavilion is absolutely delicious. It’s a good place to have lunch or dinner, and it’s not that pricey (relatively speaking).
• All of the queues to get into the pavilions have coverings to shield visitors from the sun. They also have these mist sprayer things, where periodically mist is sprayed in the air to help cool people off in the hot weather. Personally, I’d rather have a bunch of fans blowing rather than mist getting sprayed in my face. The added moisture of the mist does nothing to help the already very heavy humidity!