One more week to go before I leave Suzhou, well five days really. I’m definitely ready to move on. I don’t feel my life is my own at the moment.

Today we’re going to Lili water town for the night. Sissi had organised a trip with four other friends and I’m tagging along. I’ll be the thorn in amongst the roses as the others are all girls, so I’m expecting me ears to be bleeding by the end of the day.

There is however a fascinating museum down there and it’s called the 6 Arts Museum which is a very good place to go to immerse yourself in a very eclectic mix of furniture and architecture.

Next Morning.

We arrived in one piece despite the rotten weather. It’s cold and wet but the old water town just takes on a different character in the rain. When we arrived we wandered around taking many pictures of course, selfies and artistic wonders.

Dinner was not good for me at all and I was very glad that I paid a visit to the bakery on the way here. Chicken feet, cow intestines, spicy chicken with bones are not really my favourite foods, but I did say to the others that they should order what they wanted and not to worry about me and I guess they did 😀

I did have rice and a few veges and then I had my bread when I went back to my room where I was able to connect to YouTube finally and so I watched a few of my channels before going to bed listening to the dulcet tones of Tony Blackburn. It’s the simple pleasures that make all the difference.

The Hotel

It was very nice and comfortable and the WiFi was really good, it’s not the kind of place you expect to find in a small place like this.

One problem of this lovely architecture is that due to the rain being so heavy last night it sounded as if I was sleeping next to a waterfall. The rain coming through the open roof and falling into the pond below went from a soothing to disaster movie soundtrack.