This past weekend we decided to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in the heart of China's rich Irish heritage - Suzhou! We left Friday after school and took the 8:30 train to Suzhou, which is about an hour west of Shanghai.
We stayed at the Holiday Inn - we were amazed at how nice it was. We made the trip with two teachers from SMIC (Laura and Jayme) and Jayme's husband, Channing (who works at the company). Laura's fiance, Thomas, lives in Suzhou, so that was extremely helpful to us. It's also nice that Channing speaks fluent Chinese (he's from Texas, but his parents are Chinese).
We visited one of the many gardens that Suzhou is famous for, shopped at markets, went on a boat tour of the city, and saw a silk factory. On Saturday night we went out to a Mexican buffet and took in the Suzhou laser show at the lake. Not exactly the Bellagio, but it was pretty cool.
It was a great getaway, but like all weekends, it went by much too quickly. We definitely want to go back and see the rest of the city (and stay at the Holiday Inn).
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