Suzhou No. 1 Silk Factory


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May 18th 2009
Published: May 19th 2009
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On 5-16, after our tour of the Humble Administrator's Garden, we had lunch and then toured a silk factory. We had lunch at the Happy Hotel. It wasn't as high class as the other Chinese Restaurants we've been to, but it was good. I showed the guide my gluten free paper and he did a great job taking over and figuring out what Leah and I could eat. They only had chopsticks - and one of the things we ... Read Full Entry



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making silk quilts

Here they took the pupa out of the cocoon
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silkworm pupae

We were told that these are fixed as snacks, but looking online, all I could find was info on them being sold as fishfood
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kids at Ace Gardens

These kids came knocking on the door wanting Leah to come play



19th May 2009

Talk about a field trip!!!! wow.... It looks like ya'll a real entertainment (with the sticks and rice) for your lunch buddies!
19th May 2009

Chinese at TGI Friday's
It was funny when we ate at Friday's, the driver seemed just as awkward with a fork as we do with chopsticks!

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