Jann's visit..so far.

Here is Jann and Marcus at the famous Yu Yuan Gardens in Shanghai. Check out the beautiful day - blue skies in Shanghai!

You couldn't come all this way and not have your photo taken in front of the Golden Apple!

Here we are showing Jann how us "locals" get around - by pedicab! For what can be a hair-raising experience Jann was very cool, calm and collected!

Wednesday was China's National Day - a huge holiday. We went into Wuxi at night to show Jann all the city lights and the city didn't disappoint. It had been dressed up for the holiday (or especially for Jann's visit) with lights and lanterns everywhere. We couldn't help but feel a bit sentimental wandering around our adopted home.

Yesterday we needed to go to the post office one last time and as we left the school we happened upon Mr Shen returning home with his wife. Well, he couldn't let the distinguished guest simply catch a cab, so he took it upon himself to drive us. We didn't get all that far as the lines of communication were having some difficulties - as you can see from the above with Marcus looking on the map and Mr Shen with our translation book, god only knows what he thought he would find to help him in there! He ended up relinquishing the task to one of the school drivers. It was a very kind gesture and was an interesting experience for Jann to see how things can get lost in translation!!

Once we finally managed to get the driver to go home and enjoy his holiday (he wanted to wait for us all day whilst we were in the city), we wandered up to the Grand Canal and then onto the Nanchang Temple Market to see some sites. Tonight - one final supper in the city with Matt and Abby and then it's bye bye Wuxi!