I can't remember seeing anywhere before that has this level of activity at night, a fairly small park on the way home had probably over 1000 people split into groups dancing, practicing martial arts, playing badminton and another game with a kind of shuttlecock which involved passing it to each other without letting it fall, playing cards and Chinese board games around tables, doing gymnastics on the equipment around the park or just watching the others. There seems to be minimal organisation and you see the same sort of thing all around the city in different open spaces. It certainly doesn't seem to be 'put on' for any great purpose other than evening relaxation, but you get crowds of people from all age groups without a camera in sight. I've included a video of one of the groups that was dancing (there were three). I hope to provide some pictures of the city itself next week, but so far I haven't taken any.

In more work-related news, I'm still going through training but hope to take my first lessons on Monday. Fortunately, the school doesn't expect every new teacher to be fully proficient, so there is plenty of time to observe other people's lessons and go through training before branching out on my own.

In the absence of any Shenyang pictures, here's a panorama from our trip to the Great Orme with Michael and Iman from university: