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I'm following the lead of Jellen here - and trying out Photrade. I've got a few things to learn about this site but "feeling my way".

When I was recently in Shanghai China, we went on a day tour to Suzhou which was just wonderful. This is a very old part of China and the history goes back thousands of years. I am amazed how the Chinese have preserved their history. The tour took 10 hours and was packed with interesting places to see. Suzhou is about an hour's bus ride from Shanghai - this wonderful place was taken over by the Japanese during World War II and much of the old city was damaged and destroyed. There are four amazing gardens with extraordinary histories.

As well there are silk factories here - and we were treated to a tour of one. It was quite an experience to learn how the Chinese harvest the silk from the cocoons from the silk worm, and a delight to see the wonderful silk products in the huge show room adjacant to the factory.

After the visit to the silk factory we visited Zhouzhuang which is an ancient water town. The very old houses sat high between the canals, and wonderful boatmen and women took tourists around the canals.

It was a wonderful day - so much to see and absorb - a 10 hour long visit that I will forever be imprinted on my memory.

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