Zhujiajiao. Ancient water town with many structures and bridges dating from the Ming and Qing dynasties. It was about an hour bus ride from Shanghai and made a great day trip for our three day weekend. Originally, Lenore was going to join us, but she unfortunately became stomach ill. (She's doing better now.)
Our lunch consisted of all street food including: stinky tofu covered with spicy sauce, steamed lotus root stuffed with rice, and fatty pork wrapped in leaf. The lotus root both smelled and tasted a lot like a sweet potato. It was delicious.
Many of the shopping streets were just packed with tourists, but it was pretty easy to get away from the crowds and explore more. Most of the town was very quaint and traditional. I've included many pictures for those of you that enjoy pictures. Remember you can click to enlarge and read my captions.
Our lunch consisted of all street food including: stinky tofu covered with spicy sauce, steamed lotus root stuffed with rice, and fatty pork wrapped in leaf. The lotus root both smelled and tasted a lot like a sweet potato. It was delicious.
Many of the shopping streets were just packed with tourists, but it was pretty easy to get away from the crowds and explore more. Most of the town was very quaint and traditional. I've included many pictures for those of you that enjoy pictures. Remember you can click to enlarge and read my captions.
With the purchase of a bus ticket from Shanghai, we were able to visit any of the Zhujiajiao attractions with just a show of our ticket. Below are pictures from two temples in the city.
My favorite attraction was the Ke Zhi Yuan. This garden and residence was just huge and just very quiet compared to the bustling, crowded streets.
The bus ticket gave us about 5 hours to wander around Zhujiajiao, but since we didn't eat in a resturant, are pretty fast walkers, and skipped the boring art museums, we were ready to go back around 3. Unfortunately, that just wasn't possible. (The ticket lady and guide book said the "LAST" bus left at 5:45, which we interpreted as there were many buses returning to Shanghai. This was not the case.)
To occupy our time after we left the old town, we sat and chatted with a man from the UK here on business, and then wandered around a park behind the parking lot that was actually quite pretty. Cary's blog should have more pictures once he updates.
We met another two teachers from Guangzhou who were visiting Shanghai area for the long weekend. They were nice and we had a nice chat waiting for our bus. We had run into them several times throughout the day.
To occupy our time after we left the old town, we sat and chatted with a man from the UK here on business, and then wandered around a park behind the parking lot that was actually quite pretty. Cary's blog should have more pictures once he updates.
We met another two teachers from Guangzhou who were visiting Shanghai area for the long weekend. They were nice and we had a nice chat waiting for our bus. We had run into them several times throughout the day.
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