Didn't post yesterday since we must spent the day at home alternating between eating, reading novels, and napping - ahh, what a life! Today was action-packed though: we crammed into the good ol' SUV (yes, sigh, I know - I didn't even know they had a car here! Honda CR-V) and drove 2.5 hours to the Tai Hu, the second largest lake in China. I was happy because I thought it would be cool by the water, but noooooo, when we get there it is *still* sweltering and the breeze brings only hot wind. Yummy. We went for lunch at a restaurant "on the water" when in fact it is on the edge of the lake surrounded by patches of overgrown algae in stagnant water. Yummy x 2! At least we didn't eat "farmhouse style" i.e.
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