Tiger Hill...Finally!

My desire to visit as many of the Suzhou historic sites and beautiful gardens has not abated since our arrival. Larry and the girls could 'take 'em or leave 'em', but I am determined to come home with enough pictures of gardens, temples, cute Chinese children and pagados to fill up several memory cards.
Tiger Hill has been at the top of my list. Whenever we travel to the old town or go to Larry's office, we pass by it and every time I say, "Let's go!
When I found out the Year 3s were going on a field trip to Tiger Hill I immediately volunteered to chaperone.
I was charged with watching Sarah and three of her classmates. All four Year 3 classes were together most of the time, so I did get to spend some time with Syd.
Tiger Hill is beautiful and definitely worth the wait. I loved exploring the bonzai tree park, which showcased hundreds of different little trees. The rock formations and inscriptions were fascinating. The girls bounded from one part of the park to the other, with barely a moment's breath in between. Their interests laid in the little rivers and searching for 'giant birds' in the forest rather than the thousand year old pagado tower that leans almost as much as the one in Pisa.

After we'd spent a couple of hours at Tiger Hill, we headed over to a small park to have a picnic lunch. The skies were overcast, but the rain held off and we had a wonderful day.