We are good at it

Friday afternoon we headed for the Wirgau's house. We do these Chinese cultural lessons with them, and afterward I was going to spend the night. 

We always have fun. 

The next day we decided to go to lunch at a little Chinese place in old town. We rode bikes through crazy, Suzhou and... had lunch :)

After lunch we went to meet our friend Bessie on Walking Street. We shopped around and bargained, trying to get the price WE wanted! Leah and I got these red rose rings... and even though we didn't get quite the price we wanted, they're beautiful. (If you want to see some pictures of us girls go to Leah's blog www.ilovesuzhou.blogspot.com)

Leah and I rode part way home by ourselves and it was lovely. We stopped at Coco and got pearl milk teas (see I mention them a lot) and rode back to their house. We ran up their stairs, grabbed our stuff and headed for the bus. We went to the back of the bus, sat down and drank our Cocos. We were so tired.

The day was so great and I just love the memories I've made and KEEP making! Were pretty good at making memories :)

I'm so happy.

My skin looks a little yellow and pale right here... :} ugh.
By Beth Jones

                                            

          I love you Leah and I missed you Lydia.

           And thank you Wirgaus.

            Love, a

This is the place...

This is the "old" part of Suzhou. It is super busy. This is the place where people squat on the sidewalks. The place where if it's hot, men pull up their shirts and rest them on the bellies... yeah! The place where babies have "split pants" so they can go to the bathroom whenever and wherever they want. The place where people are always saying "Hello!" and looking at the Americans walking by. The place where you can bargain for anything you buy and get it for what YOU want... yeah pretty awesome. The place where scooters fly by carrying a family of three or four...!
The place where the ladies wear high heels through thick and thin and the young men have crazy, poof-y hairdo's.

So now, pictures of the old part of town.

One street trying to fit in buses, cars, e-bikes, bikes and people can get pretty hectic. I love going down here and doing a bit of shopping and eating. Most of the time we eat at "Yang Yang's" (which has Sweet and sour chicken!)
This is the place where we live, and it's called Suzhou. I love our city even though we don't live in the old part, and I can't wait to show whoever comes to visit us all around Suzhou. So come!
      
                                                                                Love, a