Today the olympic torch passed through Suzhou. We made an effort to ride our bikes to the torch route, but were ultimately unsuccessful, missing the torch runner by a good 40 minutes.
As we left our compound, we joined our neighbors Scott, Avery, and Owen, who were also biking to see the torch. Along the way we saw thousands of people. As we were working our way through the crowd, we saw one of our neighbors, Monica, who told us the torch had already passed and the event was over.
We then diverted to our favorite lunch spot at Xindu Guan Qian - Mr. Pizza. Surprisingly it was uncrowded, even with the millions of torch fans in SIP today. We had some nice cold sodas then biked back home. I snapped this clever shot of Kathleen and Maria as I pedaled next to them in heavy traffic. Maria is waving the flag of Communist China as we happen to whiz past a Cat excavator in the background.
As we left our compound, we joined our neighbors Scott, Avery, and Owen, who were also biking to see the torch. Along the way we saw thousands of people. As we were working our way through the crowd, we saw one of our neighbors, Monica, who told us the torch had already passed and the event was over.
We then diverted to our favorite lunch spot at Xindu Guan Qian - Mr. Pizza. Surprisingly it was uncrowded, even with the millions of torch fans in SIP today. We had some nice cold sodas then biked back home. I snapped this clever shot of Kathleen and Maria as I pedaled next to them in heavy traffic. Maria is waving the flag of Communist China as we happen to whiz past a Cat excavator in the background.
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