Day Trip to Suzhou - 苏州一日游 I've been to Shanghai many times, but until now, I had never been to Suzhou, in the Jiangsu province, before despite how close it is. I suggested taking a day trip since a train ride can be as short as twenty minutes. The Didi ride to the train stations takes longer, especially when it takes a while to get picked up by the driver sometimes. We booked our train tickets through the Railway 12306 app. It is also a mini app within the Alipay app, in the

everything we saw and ate in Shanghai Shanghai is probably my favorite city, only because it's where my family is. After several years of having not been back to the motherland, I visited this past year and the year prior to that. Now that some family members are getting older, I realize I should make it a priority to visit more often. We did some sightseeing, some new to me, some old favorites. Of course we ate a lot of food. Also, I introduced my family to my husband for th