Chinatown

The Classical Chinese Garden provided a wonderful respite from the warm weather this afternoon. We wandered the site looking at the beautiful structures, plant collections, artwork, stone walkways and the extensive waterscape. Neither of us had been there before so it was especially fun to experience it together with Thomas. He seemed to enjoy walking along the paths, across the bridges and inside the structures (they echo!).

The Chinese Garden is based on a garden built in the city of Suzhou, China during the Ming Dynasty (1369-1644 AD). Most of the materials were brought in from China and most of the work was created by Suzhou workers. Quite authentic and very beautiful.

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Afterward we continued the Chinese theme with dinner at a Chinatown restaurant. Thomas enjoyed banging the table with his chopsticks while I fed him steamed rice and things out of my soup. Yum!