



We went to a silk factory, seeing the production from silk worm...

...through unravelling the silk thread from single cocoons...

...to spreading the silk from double cocoons to form blankets.

We went on to the classic Ruigang pagoda.

And the Panmen Gate, the last of its kind in the city wall.

Before taking a boat trip through the area which caused Marco Polo to call Suzhou the Venice of the East (why is it every town with canals is called the Venice of the...?)
On the way back into Shanghai, Michael, in answer to a question from Jenny about getting to the Jinmao Tower the following evening, gave a river cruise the hard sell and rudely said that wasn't what he was talking about when Jenny tried to get him back to the point.
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