CHINA!
(Flew Beijing - Shanghai, then rode to Suzhou via tour bus.)
The Garden of the Humble Administrator &
traditional Chinese entertainment with dinner

June 30

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Beijing

Suzhou

Shanghai

The Humble Administrators� Garden was a home to an administrator.  The story goes that the administrator was corrupt, and the emperor found out about it, so he fired the administrator.  However, the administrator still had lots of money (from his corruptness), and so to show his ability to be humble and his virtuous nature, he built this garden.  Sure seemed to me like a beautiful place, perfect for a person of virtue!

    
Suzhou is a canal city (many of the streets are waterways), and unfortunately the picture I took makes it look very run down, but actually, Suzhou was quite a beautiful city!

That night we went to see a traditional show with traditional Chinese food. 
It was fun to see some of China's older customs and eat food which included little white squid.

      
Random pictures that got out of order.  Nice pictures on the right though.