#329 Sunday in Suzhou

Kathleen took a trip to Hong Kong this weekend to attend a Girl Scout troop leaders conference with three of her friends. They left on Thursday afternoon and will return on Sunday night. By all reports, it sounds like they are having a great time and have discovered a very hip and happening section of Hong Kong with great shopping, restaraunts, and night spots.

The kids and are doing our usual Sunday thing. We went to church, got haircuts for the boys, and went out to lunch. Our barbershop and noodle shop though were new locales recommended by our driver Nash.

I used up the pre-paid card last month from the usual barbershop and decided to try a new place. Nash suggested that we go to the shop owned by another Caterpillar van driver named Robert. I had no idea that Robert was an entrepreneur, but we decided to try it. We were quite satisfied with the quality and price of the service. Robert charged us 60 RMB ($9 USD) for three haircuts. A good deal. You can see a picture of Robert (on the left) and Nash (on the right) in the picture above.

For lunch I asked Nash to suggest a noodle shop for lunch. He took us to a place near the framing shop on Gang Jiang Lu and we had a nice lunch. The kids groaned at the suggestion of eating at a Chinese restaurant. They would prefer TGI Fridays or Subway. Above you can see Maria demonstrating her two-handed chopstick technique. I am using the authentic one-handed suck and slurp method. This restaurant even had cold bottles of water (a rarity). In the end, everyone ate well and enjoyed the lunch. I would certainly go back and recommend it to others - except I don't know the name or how to get there!