Wow, it's beautiful outside! Just got back from walking to Casa Zoe for breakfast (Closed again!) This really did not sit well with my husband because they advertised in the local city calendar that they would be open during the Chinese New Year holiday....so, needless to say he was NOT happy! We ended up at the Renaissance Hotel for our breakfast which is quite a lovely buffet spread. We also know the executive chef there because he is our neighbor in the apartment building. He and his wife live right below us and we met them at the EAS newcomers coffee last month at the hotel. He and his wife had just arrived at the beginning of January also. They are a delightful couple.
We then headed to old Suzhou to find a headset with a microphone so I can practice my Chinese with my computer software. I am trying...but it sure is difficult!
We spent yesterday with a couple of Mark's work colleagues and their spouses. It was a nice day and then we went and had dinner at a "hot pot" restaurant. This is a type of place that has a pot on the table with boiling stock and vegetables and you add meat and vegetables to it and then eat things out of it after it's cooked (and it doesn't take long). We had been to this type of restaurant before when I came to visit Mark in Suzhou in 2009, but at that particular place, each diner had their own individual smaller "hot pot". It was different, and pretty tasty. At the particular area , they had a laser show...the "Peanuts Gang" talking Chinese??? Why yes they were! I attempted to upload the video...I can't! :( I'll try to upload it to Facebook later.
We are going to check out one of the local pizza places for dinner. We have heard good things about it from other Westerners and pizza sounds pretty tasty! They do have Papa Johns and Pizza Hut here, but they are mediocre at best. Let's hope this place is good.
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