We had a longer weekend due to the Dragon Boat Festival so Lilian planned an overnight visit to Hangzhou to see West Lake and the Xixi Wetlands. She kindly arranged our train tickets and our hotel. We caught our bullet train around 11am in Shanghai and got to Hangzhou around noon. We took a public bus from the train station to our hotel and got checked into our 2 rooms--one for Rod and myself and the other for Lilian and her very good friend, Jenny.
We walked nearby to scout a place for lunch. Then we began our walk to West Lake. The ladies rented bicycles for us and then found 2 other bikes that they rented. I could not even guess how long it has been since I (Jean) or Rod last rode bicycles. There was a bike lane for the most part but busy traffic of cars and buses right next to us, and lots of other bikers with us and sometimes passing us...plus pedestrians walking in the bike lane! I was just a tad nervous I'd hit someone.
After biking most of the way around the lake, we locked up the bikes and resumed on foot. We headed for the various lake boats to have a little cruise. It was LOVELY out on the water! It was also quite hot and muggy.
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