In the 40th episode of the TV series "Everything is Fine", after his father Su Daqiang's nanny was driven away by his daughter, Lao Su was unwilling to give in. After finding out the nanny's address from the housekeeping company, I went straight there.

At this time, the camera was spinning around in the city scenery of Suzhou. When passing by the scene below, I found that I had passed by this place before! I was pleasantly surprised and thought that tourism in Suzhou would definitely become popular after this drama. Now I am posting my travel diary of my trip to Suzhou in 2016 in the hope that it can be a reference for friends who are about to leave.

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I endured the stomachache and abdominal pain and decided to write this so-called travelogue. I have been back for two days, and my busy work has not diluted my feelings about this trip - calling it a "failure". The bottom line is that I must have lost my brain when I went out this time, or I was too happy and lost my brain. In short, I must write an important note for how I brought my road addiction to the extreme this time~

Me A painful lesson from personal experience: Suzhou really doesn’t have any specialty snacks. . . The food at the roadside restaurant is terrible. . . I ate until my stomach hurt. . . The current state of Suzhou, a small city, is that of "struggle". It is unwilling to accept the status quo, but it is unable to get rid of it. Although it is undergoing large-scale construction, it is repairing the ancient city and building a subway - it seems like my current state, or in other words, I currently have this Only in my state of mind did I interpret such a meaning.

Don’t tell me again that “there is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below”, I don’t believe it. . . .

I. Schedule: Qingdao to Shanghai Hongqiao T2

a. Five minutes before the plane took off, there was sudden thunder and lightning in Qingdao, and I thought it would not be able to fly

b. The plane took off on time and bumped all the way, which was a different experience.

c. Thinking of the same experience shared by Don, the foreign teacher in the English Corner, I suddenly couldn’t help but laugh. As a result, I laughed all the way and became less scared. After landing, I shared this feeling with him.

d. Landing in Shanghai and looking for a car is the beginning of this wonderful trip. The weather is too hot and humid.

e. I shuttled back and forth between the airport and Hongqiao Railway Station for an hour, taking my relative—my aunt with me.

f. I am a person who can’t even read navigation. People who understand... what to do... can only be angry with themselves and call themselves idiots

I. Schedule: Shanghai - Suzhou Youth Hostel - Guanqian Street - Shantang Street

i. Shanghai to Suzhou Taohuawu International Youth Hostel

a. I originally wanted to go to Shanghai Dazhong Bookstore or Shanghai Library today, but I gave up because I got up too late

b. Directly from Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station Take the train to Suzhou Hostel

c. It’s so fast, it’s the first time to take the Harmony train~Yeah~

d. Only half an hour! Only ￥25.5

II. Suzhou Taohuawu International Youth Hostel

a. It rained after arriving in Suzhou, and the subway was built, making the road difficult to walk

b. I didn’t have any change when I took the bus, and no one gave me change [crying]

c. After getting off the bus, the road leading to the hostel was a long stone road, and my suitcase was almost torn to death. . . .

d. The hostel is easy to find, and the environment is good.

e. After entering the room, I found two girls already there. They are from Guangzhou and born in the 90s. We got along very well and chatted. Special ()? Hi

f. Outside the window of the room is the roof of an ancient building. Coupled with the rain, it has the smell of Jiangnan that one reads in books. The two girls lively stood outside the window. While posing for photos

g. We chatted so well that we decided to go shopping in the snack street together in the evening

III. Guanqian Street-Shantang Street

a . There seems to be no special snacks in these two streets. We queued for more than half an hour for a popular hand-pulled bread stall, but we were very happy and the bread was delicious

b. A girl from Guangzhou told me that Zhong was chatting about how delicious their Guangzhou snacks were, which made me want to take a look too

c. The two girls are really good at posing for photos

d. Shantang Street The overall night view is good, but I found that the scenery on every bridge is the same. . .

I. Schedule: Cycling in the ancient town - Suzhou Eslite Bookstore - Grandma's house in Suzhou Industrial Park

i. Cycling in the ancient town

a. Decided to ride today , take a look at the ancient city of Suzhou

b. First walked around the ancient city and found that all the scenery was the same, and instantly lost interest

c. Then I thought about going to my place The destination for this time - Eslite Bookstore

d. I have been to Eslite in Taiwan and had a very good impression. Naturally, there are Eslites in mainland China and I want to come and have a look

e. This trip The main purpose is to buy a wedding gift for TL, because I found a lot of good things in Taiwan Eslite before

f. I was very excited to navigate on the Baidu map, and sang along under the viaduct, super excited

g. I walked for nearly two hours but never reached my destination. Well, when I recognized the facts, I found that I had continued the tragedy of that night in Shanghai

h. Wrong navigation mode , it shouldn’t be driving, it should be riding. I was so abruptly separated on the other side of the river next to Suzhou Industrial Park, and nearly ten kilometers away from my destination

j. I still haven’t lost anything Reasonably, I called 110, the traffic number in the industrial park and 114 to find a way to cross the river - to no avail

i. Finally, I stopped the car on the roadside and asked how to do it, and was told to go directly to the overpass overhead

j. Oh, bicycles are allowed on the overpass! Refreshed my understanding of traffic laws!

k. Turn on the singing mode again, because you are about to arrive at your destination

ii. Suzhou Eslite Bookstore

a. I saw it! It’s that independent building! "eslite" was clearly written on the door

b. After parking the car, I realized that I had not eaten breakfast or lunch. It was 1:30 in the afternoon and I was already half-starved

c. I ate Thai food on the first floor of Eslite, which was just so-so

d. Another thing happened: because my mobile phone took too long to navigate, it ran out of battery. The data cable I glanced at when I went out was just like that. I was left in a hotel, and the power bank I just bought was completely useless even if it was full.

e. I knew that the staff at Eslite were very nice, so I looked for data cables everywhere,

f. Finally, Huang Tian lived up to his expectations and found it from a girl in the music box area, and was allowed to use it for two hours

g. Before leaving, I bought a bag of Taiwanese candies as a gift to express my gratitude, thank you!

iii. Grandma’s house in Suzhou Industrial Park

a. Thinking of the two girls from Guangzhou leaving tomorrow, and thinking about having dinner together, we made an appointment

b. Back to the hotel I met a Waiguoren whom they had a great chat with at the bar last night, and I made an appointment with him

c. When I returned to the room, I found that there was another Waiguoren girl! I am from Sweden, interning at the Swedish Embassy in Shanghai, and will return to China next week for vacation

d. The conversation was quite interesting, so we made an appointment to have dinner together in the evening

e. Grandma’s house The food is a bit spicy. Maybe my stomach started to feel uncomfortable at this moment, but it may also be due to irregular eating before.

f. After eating, enjoy! My idea of ??going back to sleep was rejected and I was dragged to the bar to drink.

g. First time I was there. Not bad. I was minding my own business drinking the Tsingtao beer that the bar only drinks. It seemed like I was still the same. The red bottle from the factory

h. It was the European Cup, and there were a lot of people watching the game in the bar next door. They cheered and enthusiastically, as if they had nothing to do with me

I. Schedule: Eslite Bookstore

a. Get up in the morning and go straight to Eslite, have brunch together at the FamilyMart convenience store next to Eslite

b. Apply for a membership card, happy

c. There are very few books in the Eslite Book Zone in Suzhou. Most of the simplified Chinese books can be purchased online, and there is nothing new about them; the traditional Chinese books are also somewhat unfamiliar.

The type of subject matter is painful or not, nothing special, I don’t want to stay there

d. I want to go from the bookstore to the Humble Administrator’s Garden at about two o’clock in the afternoon

e. Use Baidu Navigation to go from the bookstore to the subway station Unfortunately, I kept deviating from the route. I was so discouraged that I had to give up and retraced my steps back to the youth hostel and had a good sleep

f. When I woke up, my phone charger was broken

g. I don’t want to stay in Suzhou for a moment longer. . .

h. But tomorrow I have to meet my former colleague Lily

i. In the evening, two students from Taiwan who were on exchange at Wuhan University came to the room. They felt very cordial and had a good conversation. , the mood is not so bad

I. Schedule: Humble Administrator's Garden - Pingjiang Road - Shantang Street

i. Humble Administrator's Garden

a. Recognize it at a glance Lily rushed to hug her. She just gave birth to her second child. Although she is a little fatter than before, she is still very thin, compared to me

b. The Humble Administrator's Garden really has no special features, except for some water and trees. Bye-bye~There is nothing to see

c. Chatted about each other’s families, work, and lives

ii. Pingjiang Road

a. Passing by Cat’s I don’t seem to be interested in the Sky City Bookstore anymore, even though I went in and walked around for a while

b. Suddenly I felt that reading too many things about young people would make me bored and even make me vomit.

c. Just like this ancient city, every bridge has the same scenery. Once you see it too much, you don’t want to take another look.

d. The snacks don’t seem to be delicious. I ate chicken feet. ~

e. After sitting in a coffee shop for several hours, I even slept a bit

iii. Shantang Street

a. Been here before, Familiar

b. Passed by a Suzhou specialty store

c. At night, we ate Suzhou cuisine: vegetarian roast goose, Taihu two delicacies (whitebait and water shield), braised pork, and date paste pulled cake. It saved me a little bit of disappointment in Suzhou~

d. The squirrel mandarin fish eaten at the next table was so shameless that I took a photo and posted it on WeChat Moments

e .Thank you Lily for your warm hospitality, see you soon!

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