Hello everyone,

These impressions that have been written so far on the city have been great and I really do appreciate the amount of work/time it takes to be able to get them up on the blog.  The initial impressions of actually flying to the city are great - the reflection of the water really does show that this is a city of light.  It's good to know how the water front is being utilized by the city.  I was always under the impression that the highway and rail acted as a separator from the city to the water front.  When you are able to, can you please give further impressions on this area and maybe see if there are any patterns in where people locate/gather along the front.  Also, this may be a silly question, but to get over the highway to reach the front are there several pedestrian bridges that go over the road or tunnels that go under?

The museum exhibition does indeed look interesting.  With both your (Bryan and Liz) impressions I can begin to visually see how the streets are being formed and the character they portray or being run down in some areas and then how pops of color burst out.  So the city is no Prague huh Liz?  With being spotless every morning after the night before was completely littered with trash.  I think this also starts to explore the culture in some ways.  Of how there may be some kind of stubbornness of how they refuse to move out of the home during renovations.  It seems as though the home is very important for the culture, are there any other aspects that you have noticed around the city that may add to this or what else seems important to the people?

Thanks again for everything, hope your collaboration is going well with the University.

Brian