太湖真漂亮–Tai Lake is beautiful
by chris
The Kings of old went to Tai Lake, or Tai Hu Lake, whatever they call it. It is a big lake just down the highway west of Suzhou. We went with two of our students (Ken and Christina) and one of the tutors (Tracy, all pictured below) from Web. We got to drive through a couple of districts we had never seen before and saw mountains, rivers partly covered by grasses and lilies, and a long bridge across the lake that leads to the three big mountains. We didn’t climb them–not this time–but we did go to a restaurant overlooking the lake. To get there, you walk along winding paths with streamlets on either side full of goldfish. We even picked pomegranates. It was a great way to spend our day off. As soon as the weather cools down we will do more traveling around Suzhou.
