My group had little trouble navigating the streets of Shanghai finding the many doorway shops along the way. It was slow going as everything was a potential bargain. Most of our time was spent wandering Shanghai Lao Jie (Shanghai Old Street) with its traditional shops selling antiques, crafts, fish in little plastic bags, tea, and novelties (junk). Starbucks was our meeting point should anyone get misplaced. We tried local snacks and Kelvin found an addiction to Shanghai cream puffs eating them all the back to Suzhou.
We walked across the “Bridge of Nine Turnings” named for its zigzags which is supposed to keep demons away as they are afraid of corners. The only frightening things we encountered were the thousands of tourists both foreign and domestic. We were supposed to enter Yu Yuan, the Yu Garden but were told by m
Our return home was a little complicated as the lost ticket once again gave us a challenge. Not wanting to separate our group Lisa and Jet tried to exchange the new return ticket purchased in Suzhou for one on the same train as the rest of us. The ticket machine broke just when they were next in line so an exchange could not be made. Starting to panic the kids decided to ask peopl
It has been a joy sharing a host family with Isadora. Not only is she not shy with the language, she is not afraid of trying new foods. Here she is trying to figure out how to eat a shrimp still in its shell. Don't worry Elaine it is quite proper to use hands! Isadora is a great interpreter and she does not laugh at my attempts to speak Chinese even though she has had plenty of opportunities!
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We should call your group the "Missing" group:). Glad to hear a happy ending. very nice photos. thx for sharing...
Just caught up with several days! Looks like lots of fun whilst eating, sight seeing, eating, shopping, eating, and visiting. And lots of sunny skies! Yay!
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