It was great to see them but unfortunately the March weather did not cooperate! On Monday we headed into old Suzhou to visit a really neat english bookstore/cafe that I knew Lynn would enjoy and came to find out after walking half a mile in the rain and cold (it's on a street where cars are not allowed) that it is closed on Mondays!! Ok, fine. So we thought since it was definitely inside weather we would head to the Suzhou museum. Which we came to find out is....closed on Mondays! Arghhh (as Garfield and James would say). We did step into an embroidery shop but were wet, cold and Lynn was jet lagged so we headed back for a rest.
On Tuesday it was still cold but the rain had stopped so we took off for the Humble Administrator's Garden which is one of the more famous gardens here in Suzhou. Here are some pictures.
On Wednesday Claude and Lynn came to have a look at the school. James and Abigail were very excited to be tour guides! We rode the staff bus home and played Kabuki on the wii and had a nice dinner. On Thursday Claude and Lynn were off again. So it was a short trip but as always, nice to spend time with them and exciting to have our first visitors. Soo....who's next??
Lots of love,
Karen (and the rest of the Smiths)
