Nanlin Hotel Suzhou

... and taiwan was longer than that.

i said i haven't traveled too much this year. the only trip i took was to go to thailand. and y'all never told me i needed the boarding passes to get a reimbursement that is clearly stated in the contract. i asked about other receipts. i've got plenty of medical receipts. she said they're going to have to be traveling ones. i said does it matter if they're not in rmb? i found some rail passes/receipts ...

... s, walmart or walgreens (lil had forgotten which one it was). you put your credit card in these machines and it'll tell you everything about your account: which movies you've watched, suggestions for movies, etc. and you can return the movie at any place with one of those machines!

so i know it doesn't sound that amazing- esp if you were in the states when all these changes happened. but honestly, if i mention blockbuster, it's going to date me?! how bizarre is that?!

Today us canadians celebrated Thanksgiving! you must be thinking, "rice on thanksgiving? that's ********" but no my friends we had a TURKEY! And stuffing and potatoes and gravy, oh my god i'm the fullest i've ever been in my life! It was one of the best nights i've had so far actually, I really don't think i've laughed as much as i did tonight since i've gotten here so thats always a plus =). Celebrating thanksgiving with friends is quite ...

so jason and lillian came over to wuxi on 9/30. they leave tomorrow. in the 7 days that they've been here, we've:

- gone to the best wedding i've been to in my life. read previous entry for further info: (http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-e ntries/maymay1980/wuxi_2007-08/12548069 49/tpod.html) very entertaining and honestly the only thing missing from the spectacle was for them to be on ice OR for them to fly in from the ceiling- peter pan style. that would have been ...

... simply amazing. The rockeries were built into an intricate labyrinth. The rockery is filled with caves, bridges, peaks, paths and stairs. And the whole thing centers on a two story pavilion, which I imagine was built for the owner to sit and laugh at the visitors trying to find their way out. It is an amazing labyrinth. I walked through the labyrinth trying to find each of its 21 ...

... going on a nature hike. A nature hike is where you walk around and look at scenery. I can not think of a worse thing to do.

We thought that was so funny, because the kids were not too thrilled with this tour, especially since it was completely in Chinese and we were hustled from place to place so quickly. However, my mom enjoyed it so much we went on another one the next day!

... tea. Finally I left Shanghai. The city grew on me like a spider web, cocooning me with good food, a comfortable hotel and friendly people. After eight days I knew if I don't leave soon, I never might. So I set off to the railway station and bought a ticket to Suzhou, about 100 km west of Shanghai. I have no idea what kind of ticket I may have requested with my humble Chinese, but I was directed to a waiting room with big leather seats and a ...