Wuyi Square 五一广场

I still had around three hours before the train would depart and I was thinking of checking out the surrounding area. The area beyond the train station seemed to be quite decent, not to mention very straightforward to figure out, no getting lost. There is a main road which runs from the train station to the rest of the city, let’s see what we can find here. Taiyuan is surprisingly modern despite its seeming remoteness. The coast with all its well developed cities are hundreds of kilometers away. Probably oweing its proximity to the historic town of Pingyao, tourism has also picked up here.

There was a large square which I passed by, its name was Wuyi Square 五一广场. Like most Chinese squares it was large, there were several hotels nearby too. There were statues in the square which I thought were quite typical of Chinese squares. The park was filled with people just taking a walk or just relaxing here. There was a singular tree there whose leaves already turned golden and it was very beautiful to look at. I don’t see fall colors where I come from, so you can forgive me for being so excited. There was also a man who takes people’s photos for a living. He called me over and asked me if he could take a look at my camera. Although he did seem nice enough, I couldn’t help but be worried as he handled my camera. Much to my relief he neither ran away with my camera nor did he drop it.

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