Suzhou, The Venice of China

I've been wanting to go to Suzhou for a long time now. We even had tickets one weekend but had to cancel because half the girls could not come. Anyway the wait was worth it. Oh how I wish we had come earlier so that we could have had time to come back. I'm in love with suzhou. This is one of those times in the past 13 months when I regret not...

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The Terracotta Army

When you think of China chances are you think of 3 things: The Great Wall, The Terracotta Army, and Shanghai. Seeing as how I had done two of these wonders I knew I had to get to the third. The problem was not many others in my group were motivated to see the greatest archeological discovery of the twentieth century. Sad. I know. Lucky for me two girls...

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Hannah Banana Changzhou

Hannah and I lived together in Lithuania. Then we both came to China as head teachers. Her school is 1.5 hours by slow train or 30 min by fast train from my school. So when I had the week off and decided last minute not to go to changzhou it seemed like a great chance to go see Hannah! This would also be my first time traveling alone through China....

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