CHINA #27 SHANGHAI - EMBROIDERY FACTORY - MUSEUM - CHINA TOWN

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

OCTOBER 7th

WE DROVE BACK TO SHANGHAI FROM SUZHOU

EMBROIDERY FACTORY

JOHN'S FAVORITE PICTURE

A QUICK VISIT TO THE MUSEUM, MY FAVORITE WAS THE FURNITURE

 OUT FRONT OF THE MUSEUM

 STAIRS IN THE MUSEUM

THE JADE ROOM

 

 THE COSTUME ROOM

 CALLIGRAPHY

 WATER COLORS

THERE WAS A TEA CEREMONY

JOHN AND I CHOSE NOT TO GO

WE HEADED FOR CHINA TOWN DOWN BELOW

 LOOKING OUT FROM THE TEA CEREMONY ROOM 

 THIS IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR!  THIS IS WHAT I REMEMBER

FROM MY LAST TRIP WITH MY SISTERS!

I WAS VERY EXCITED, WE BOUGHT SOME GIFTS 

FOR THE GRAND KIDS IN CHINA TOWN.

THE OLD CHINA TOWN

 HEADING FOR DINNER AND A SHOW

THE CITY IS BEAUTIFUL AT NIGHT

 TWO CUTE LADIES WALKING THEIR DOGS

OUTSIDE THE HOTEL/THEATER

THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8th

OUR FLIGHT BACK TO THE UNITED STATES

GOOD BYE CHINA!

WE HAD A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE

CHINA #26 - SUZHOU - LIU (Lingering) GARDENS

WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7th

THE LIU GARDENS

THIS BELONGED TO A RICH PERSON, SOMEONE WHO

WORKED FOR THE GOVERNMENT

IT IS NOW A MUSEUM

 ARCHITECTURE OF THE WINDOWS SHOWS FLOW THROUGH THE 

SHAPES AND SCENERY SEEN THROUGH THE WINDOWS

 YOU WALK THROUGH GARDENS BEFORE YOU ENTER THE HOME

 THE CUTEST COUPLE EVER.....SHE EXPLAINED HOW THEY HAVE BEEN

MARRIED OVER 60 YEARS, SHE SPOKE ENGLISH QUITE WELL

ONE OF THE ENTRANCES TO THE HOME

THIS SIDE OF THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE SHADOWS ON THE OTHER

SIDE THIS IS WHERE THE WOMEN WOULD SIT AND

LISTEN TO THE MEN MAKING DECISIONS

 GARDENS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RESIDENCE

 

 ENTRANCE TO THE BONSAI GARDENS

 AWESOME ROCK WALKWAY

 BONSAI GARDENS

 ANOTHER VERY CUTE COUPLE

 LEAVING THE MUSEUM ANOTHER WAY.....MORE GARDENS

 CROSSED THE STREET FROM THE ENTRANCE TO THE MUSEUM