Sightseeing in Macau

As mentioned in the previous post, Daniel was able to come along on this trip with me (the first week anyway). While I was working in the store, he was able to go out and explore the city. Friday night, after we opened the store, we were finally able to sightsee together, and so he took me up the northern island to the nice old town square, with a lot of the Portuguese influenced architecture.

The sidewalks all over the old neighborhoods have this amazing black and white stone inlays that are so attractive! And add a lot of fun movement to the city blocks. Anywhere that there are the black and white tiles, they are not allowed to drive cars, so created a few nice pedestrian corridors. The big attraction is the Ruins of St.Paul's cathedral. It was built in 1600's- the facade was stone, and the church was built of timber, so when the fire happened, all that was left of the cathedral is the front, and it looks so unique!

Once you get up to the cathedral, we were only a short walk up to the Fort, so we walked up to get a good view of the city at night. From the fort, we could walk a 360degree path to see the city. The tall lotus flower looking thing is the Grand Lisboa Hotel and casino- which was the first casino in Macau in the 70's. We could also see the lighthouse which Daniel walked all the way up the hillside to see the day prior. Overall is was a great night, and was so nice to get to see the historic parts of the city.