Friday, November 21, 2008

Weekend Trip




Hey, it's Andrew with more news.  Last weekend (Nov. 15/16) we went on a guided tour of a small city called Suzhou (Soo-jo) that is about 2 hours outside Shanghai.  We left on Saturday morning from our school at around 8 am.  There were about 10 of us who went, including the principle of our school, other school admin, and us four Canadians. We visited several great historic sites, such as a Buddhist temple that was built at the top of a mountain, and a tea house that was also on a mountain, both of which we had to hike up to.  They took us out for meals at nice restaurants, and the food was "interesting", but not by Canadian standards.  It is difficult to keep an appetite, when each meal has at least one plate with a bird or fish looking up you!  We stayed at a decent hotel on Sat. night (think Ramada Inn), and then did some shopping at a huge market on Sunday. Then it was back in our large passenger van, and we returned home by Sunday evening.  Good times!  Hope you like the pics.
Cheers, Andrew

2 comments:

Julene said...

Thanks for the invite to your blog!

Lianne said...

Andrew, you look so young here. Have you lost weight due to the bird/fish head issue?