Miscellaneous Scenes of Qingdao

Today I am posting some random scenes of the city of Qingdao. They are photos that did not seem to fit into any of the previous posts. Some were taken from taxis as we were going different places in the city.

(No, I don't have any pictures of the green algae in the Olympic sailing location that is making all the news these days. The news says that the algae became noticeable in May, but that it got much, much worse by June.)

The first photo is of a Best Western Hotel, and the second is a new hotel that is being completed---probably in readiness for the summer Olympics.



Next was a building constructed by the Germans during their occupation, but now it is used as a Communist Party building.

Roses were starting to bloom!

Flowers were being planted:
Following is a Baptist church that we were told is a State-run church.
Another of the 5 church buildings in the city is this closed Catholic church.


Next is the China Mobile building.

The following is a photo of one of the streets in the older part of the city.