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这是一篇时间跨度为几年的回忆性日记，最早的一篇有4、5年了

SCULPTURES AROUND THE LAKE

1.湖边的雕塑

In the parks around Jinji Lake there are many sculptures. Some of them are abstract, some of them are not; some of them look very nice and others make you wonder what the artist was thinking when he created them. Let me show you some of them (these are not the official sculpture names, I made them up).

在金鸡湖周围的公园里有许多雕塑。有些是抽象的，有些不是;有些看起来很漂亮，有些让你想知道艺术家在创作这些作品时是怎么想的。让我给你看看其中的一些(这些不是官方的雕塑名称，是我自己起的)。

Two Huge Drops of Water: this is one of my favourite Jinji Lake sculptures. The shiny metallic surface reflects the surroundings. You can also see the Suzhou Pants building in the background.

两大滴水:这是我最喜欢的金鸡湖雕塑之一。闪亮的金属表面反射着周围的环境。你还可以在背景中看到苏州裤衩大楼。

Pink Flamingos: it would be nicer if they were real but unfortunately they are not!

粉红色的火烈鸟:如果它们是真的就更好了，但不幸的是它们不是！

Giant Rainbow-Ant: this one is also shiny and metallic, and reflect many colours when it is sunny.

巨型彩虹蚂蚁:这一个也是有光泽和金属表面，在阳光灿烂的时候反射出许多颜色。

Monkeys on the Phone: this is one of the WTFs. What does this mean? It is not even beautiful…

猴子打电话:这是最无语的一个。这有什么寓意？一点都不漂亮。

Skaters: around the boardwalk on the east side of the lake there several sculptures depicting humans. The skaters are one of them. Fun fact: I don’t think boardskating is allowed here for real humans.

滑板爱好者:在湖东侧的木板路周围，有几个刻画人类的雕塑。滑板爱好者就是其中之一。有趣的是，我认为这里是不允许玩滑板的。

Leaf Boat: at least this one is related to the lake!

叶子船:至少这一个和湖有关！

And finally, a guessing game! Do you know who these two guys are? Hint: they are from Spain!

最后是一个猜谜游戏！你知道这两个人是谁吗？提示:他们来自西班牙！

Guess!

猜猜看！

The one in the middle is obviously me. I had to take a picture with my countrymen!

中间的那个显然是我。我不得不和我的同胞们合影！

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MY FIRST TIME IN SUZHOU

2.我第一次来苏州

I have something to confess: the first time I visited Suzhou I didn’t like it at all. It was hot (and it was only the first week of May!), it was humid,and my hostel room had bugs, including one that had the courtesy of waking me up by taking a walk on my face.

我得承认:我第一次来苏州的时候一点也不喜欢这里。这里天气很热(而且这还只是五月的第一个星期！)还很潮湿，我的旅社房间里有虫子，其中有一只在我脸上散步，礼貌地叫醒了我。

I traveled to Suzhou and Shanghai from Beijing during the May holidays with two Korean classmates. A few years ago there was one week of holidays at the beginning of May, now you can count yourself lucky if you get 3 days in a row (May 1 plus the weekend). We went by train. There were no fast trains and the journey was 12 hours.

五一假期期间，我和两个韩国同学从北京到苏州和上海旅游。几年前，五月初有一个星期的假期，而现在如果能有连续3天(5月1日加上周末)，你就算是幸运的了。我们坐火车去的。这里没有高速列车，需要坐12小时。

I don''t think this is legal. Or safe.

我不认为这是合法的，也不安全。

My first visit to Suzhou was definitely not among my favourite trips, and the city itself was in no way among my preferred cities in China. If I had chosen myself, I would have probably never moved there so I would have never met C. But destiny, or 缘分 yuanfen, had other plans for me. Now, after a few years living in Suzhou, I like it. It is a nice city. People are not rude, if anything, less talkative than in the north. Summers have been bearable. And I never had a bug running over my face again.

我第一次去苏州肯定不是我最喜欢的旅行之一，这个城市本身也绝不是我最喜欢的中国城市之一。如果要我选择，我可能永远不会搬到那里，那我也永远不会遇见C.。但是命运对我另有安排。现在在苏州住了几年之后，我喜欢上了这里。这是一个美丽的城市。人们并不粗鲁，如果说有什么区别的话，那就是不像北方人那么健谈。夏天还是可以忍受的。再也没有虫子在我脸上爬来爬去。

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BARBECUE SEASON

3.烧烤的季节

When I was 18 or 19 I went on a road trip through Ireland with my family. It was cloudy and raining most of the time, as it is usual there, but one day the sun started shining in Dublin. We were visiting a college or some place with a garden, and many people went to that garden and lied in the sun, wearing shorts and tank tops. I am from southern Spain and we have sunny days almost always, so I thought it was very funny that these people were so happy to see the sun that they would leave everything they were doing aside and go outside to enjoy the day.

在我18或19岁的时候，我和我的家人一起自驾游去爱尔兰。和往常一样，那里大部分时间都是阴天，下着雨，但有一天太阳开始照耀都柏林。我们参观了一所大学和某个有花园的地方，许多人穿着短裤和背心去那个花园，躺在阳光下晒太阳。我来自西班牙南部，我们几乎总是拥有有阳光的日子，所以我觉得很有趣，因为这些人看到太阳非常高兴，他们会把所有的事情都丢在一边，到外面去享受这一天。

Then I came to China and I experienced something similar.

然后我来到中国，经历了类似的事情。

I live in the Yangtze delta area, a place that is not exactly famous for its nice weather: winters are long, cold and humid and summers are long, hot and humid. Spring and autumn are almost non existent. You will probably be wearing long underwear and down jacket one week, and be sweating in short sleeves the next.

我住在长江三角洲地区，那里的天气并不是很好:冬天很漫长，寒冷潮湿，夏天很漫长，炎热潮湿。几乎不存在春天和秋天。你可能上一个星期还穿着长袖内衣和羽绒服，下一个星期穿着短袖都会出汗。

When Chinese people go to the park to spend the day they do something that I think it is very weird: they bring a tent. I can’t understand why someone would go outside to enjoy a beautiful day and then spend it melting inside a tent. It must have to do with the fact that Chinese people don’t like being in the sun because they hate getting tanned (it makes you look like a peasant).

当中国人去公园度过这一天的时候，他们做了一件我认为很奇怪的事情:他们带了一个帐篷。我不能理解为什么有人会出去享受美好的一天，然后却在帐篷里度过。这一定与中国人不喜欢晒太阳有关，因为他们讨厌晒黑(晒太阳会让你看起来像个农民)。

This time our relaxing day was kind of “spoiled” by a family located four or five trees to the left, who decided that it was a great idea to bring a portable karaoke machine. The daughter, who must have been 10 or 11, was singing the whole time. And no, she couldn’t sing at all. And yes, she sang “Little Apple”. I thought about recording a video but I didn’t want to torture you.

这一次，我们轻松的一天被左边四五棵树下的一家人破坏了，他们觉得带一台便携式卡拉ok机是个不错的主意。他们的那个女儿，大概10岁或者11岁，一直在唱歌。不，她根本不会唱歌。是的，她唱的是“小苹果”。我想过录一段视频，但我不想折磨你。

A day barbecueing outside cannot be complete without a kite. In Spain, kites are something kids play with when they are in the beach, but they are not very popular. In China, kites are a serious matter and more for adults than for kids. Me? I have never flown a kite. It is like fishing, I just don’t get it.

如果没有风筝，在户外烧烤的一天就不完整。在西班牙，孩子们在海滩上玩风筝，但是风筝并不受欢迎。在中国，放风筝是一件很严肃的事情，对成年人来说更是如此。我？我从来没放过风筝。就像是钓鱼，我就是搞不明白。

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A WALK AROUND SUZHOU ALLEYS

4.漫步苏州小巷

We are having a very weird summer. While in Europe and the US everybody is suffering a heat wave, here in Shanghai / Suzhou we are having a cool wave. It is July already and right now it is 17 degrees. I had never seen anything like this in all of my years in China, but I don’t complain because I seriously hate the typical Shanghai summer with 35ºC and 95% humidity. So god bless rain and cool weather!

我们正在经历一个非常奇怪的夏天。在欧洲和美国，每个人都在遭受热浪的袭击，而在苏州和上海，我们却在经历一场寒潮的袭击。现在已经是7月了，却只有17度。我在中国的这些年里从来没有见过这样的景象，但我没有抱怨，因为我真的很讨厌上海典型的35摄氏度和95%湿度的夏天。所以上帝保佑，继续下雨，保持凉爽的天气！

The only negative side of this cool weather is that I haven’t been able to go to the outdoor swimming pool yet, so it looks the 30 day pass that we bought last year and only used 7 times will not be spent this year either. My last weekends have been pretty boring, mostly staying at home. And the more I stay at home, the lazier I become and the less things I do. And this spiral is getting out of control!

这个凉爽的天气唯一的负面影响是我不能去室外游泳池了，我们去年买的30天通行证，只用了7次，看起来今年也不会用了。我以前的周末都过得很无聊，大部分时间都是呆在家里。我呆在家里的时间越长，我就变得越懒，做的事情也就越少。这简直是恶性循环！

Yesterday we had to go bring some things to C.’s parents. As it was not raining on that particular moment, we decided to make the most of trip and take a walk around the neighbourhood. C.’s parent live in an alley in the center of Suzhou, not far from Guanqian Street, the pedestrian shopping avenue. Their particular street is not very beautiful because it has been taken over by garbage collectors and recyclers, so both sides are full of metal scraps, carton boxes and other trash that they pick and sell. But other streets around are nicer and give an impression of how Suzhou was a few decades ago. C. wanted to show me the way to his primary and high school, as he grew up in that area.

昨天我们要把一些东西带给C.的父母。由于那天没有下雨，我们决定充分利用这一天的时间，在附近散散步。父母住在苏州市中心的一条小巷里，离步行购物的观前街不远。他们住的那条街不是很漂亮，因为它已经被垃圾回收者占领了，所以两边都是金属碎片，纸箱和其他他们收集来卖的垃圾。但是周围的其他街道很漂亮，给人一种几十年前苏州的印象。C.想带我去看他的小学和高中，因为他是在那个地区长大的。

The houses remind me of Beijing hutongs. If you enter through the front door, you will find yourself in a narrower alley that zigzags around many small houses.Most of the people living here are old Suzhounese people or migrants that only want a small space and a cheap rent.

这些房子让我想起了北京的胡同。如果你从前门进去，你会发现自己身处一条狭窄的小巷，在许多小房子周围蜿蜒曲折。住在这里的人大多是老苏州人或外地人，他们只想要一个小空间，租金也要便宜。

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SEASONAL FOODS IN SUZHOU

5.苏州时令食品

After spending several years in Suzhou I noticed that you can guess which month of the year it is without looking at a calendar: you only need to check which fruits are being sold in the markets, or what foods are eating the customers of the restaurants with tables on the street. Many of these products can also be found in other parts of China, of course, but I have never seen people in Beijing or Shanghai raving so much about seasonal products. In Suzhou, you know the second half of May has arrived because you step into the subway and everybody is carrying baskets with loquats; or you realize autumn is here because all the restaurants offer hairy crabs in their menu. So, what are the favourite seasonal products in Suzhou? Here’s the list I compiled:

在苏州生活了几年之后，我注意到你不用看日历就能猜出现在是一年中的哪个月份:你只需要看看市场上卖的是什么水果，或者街上餐馆的顾客吃的是什么食物就知道了。当然，其中许多产品在中国其他地方也能找到，但我从未见过北京或上海的人对时令食品如此赞不绝口。在苏州，你知道5月的下半月已经到来，因为你走进地铁，发现每个人都提着装着枇杷的篮子;或者你意识到秋天已经到来，因为所有餐馆的菜单上都有大闸蟹。那么，苏州最受欢迎的时令食品是什么呢？以下是我列出的清单:

– Crayfish (小龙虾 xiao longxia): their Chinese name literally means “small lobster”. They start appearing at the end of April and are a big favourite in the small street restaurants. There is one such place right next to my apartment in Shanghai and it is always full. The crayfish are bright red and smell really good! However I was a tad disappointed when I tried them: they are very spicy! So spicy you don’t really get to taste their true flavour (so I guess this means it is not too good). Also, the amount of meat you get is not too much; half of the crayfish is the head! Eating crayfish is definitely a pain in the ass, as you have you crack and slurp and the reward is not that great. People usually eat them with plastic gloves to avoid getting (too) dirty and there is always a basin in the middle of the table to throw the shells in.

小龙虾:它们的中文名字的字面意思是“小龙虾”。它们在4月底开始出现，在小街上的餐馆里很受欢迎。在我上海的公寓旁边就有一个这样的地方，而且总是人满为患。小龙虾是鲜红色的，闻起来很香。然而，当我尝试吃它们的时候，我有点失望:它们太辣了，以至于你不能品尝到它们的真正味道(所以我猜这意味着它的真正味道不是太好)同时，你能吃到的肉也不是太多，因为它的一半都是头！吃小龙虾绝对是一件痛苦的事情，因为你在吃的时候会发出啜吸的声音，而且也吃不到什么东西。人们通常戴着塑料手套吃，以免手被弄得太脏，而且桌子中间总有一个盆可以把壳扔进去。

– Loquat (枇杷 pipa): I think this fruit can also be found in Spain but I had never tried it. The season starts in mid May and only lasts for 2 or 3 weeks. Craziness ensues: there is a mountain close to Suzhou with a lot of loquat tree plantations and on the weekends the road there is completely jammed with families and groups of friends driving to the mountain to pick loquats. The peasants from that area have a great business: they grow trees and the city people pay to pick their fruit, so peasants save some time and earn some money! I have never done that. I have never bought loquats either as there is no need: I always get free ones from C.’s company. Many companies give loquats to their customers and employees during the season.

枇杷:我想这种水果在西班牙也可以找到，但是我从来没有吃过。它的季节在5月中旬开始，只持续2到3个星期。疯狂的事情接踵而至:苏州附近有一座山，那里有很多枇杷种植园，周末，路上挤满了人，无数的家庭和他们的朋友开车去山上采枇杷。那个地区的农民生意兴隆:他们种树，城里人花钱采摘水果，所以农民既节省了时间，又赚到了钱。我从来没有这样做过，我也从来没有买过枇杷，因为没有必要，因为C.总是会从公司带回来许多免费的。许多公司在节日期间会给他们的客户和员工赠送枇杷。

– Sticky rice wrapped in a leaf (粽子 zongzi): they start being sold at the end of May but are traditionally eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival (端午节 duanwu jie), a festivity that is normally around mid June. There are sweet zongzi and salty zongzi; the sweet ones have a filling of red bean and the salty ones have meat and boiled egg. I am a big fan of sticky rice in all of its delicious forms so of course I love zongzi! My favourite are the salty ones. I have been dreaming about them for several months already, I can’t wait for the season to start! In my previous company we would always be given a few zongzi the day before the Dragon Boat Festival.

粽子:它们是用糯米做的，包在一片叶子里。它们在5月底开始出售，但传统是在端午节期间吃，这个节日通常在6月中旬左右。粽子分为甜粽子和咸粽子，甜粽子有红豆粽，咸粽子有肉粽和鸡蛋粽。我是粽子的超级粉丝，所以我当然喜欢吃粽子。我最喜欢吃的是咸粽子，我已经梦想吃它们好几个月了，我等不及新一轮粽子季的开始了。在我以前的公司，我们总是在端午节的前一天得到一些粽子。

C.’s grandma does them herself and last year she tried to teach me how to wrap them. It is more complicated than it looks! But I think I got one right at least.

这些粽子都是C.的奶奶自己做的，去年她还试着教我怎么做，这比看起来要复杂得多。但我想我至少完成了一个。

– “Chicken-head rice” (鸡头米 jitoumi): such an interesting name comes from the shape of these seeds, round with a small beak-like protuberance. I have no idea if it has an official name in English! According to wikipedia they are the seeds of a water lily. They are cooked in a sweet soup and are soft but a little chewy. I love them! Their season is around September.

“鸡头米”:这样一个有趣的名字来源于这些种子的形状，它们长得圆圆的，有一个小的喙状突起。我不知道它是否有一个正式的英文名称。根据维基百科，它们是睡莲的种子它们是在甜汤里煮的，吃起来软软的，但是很有嚼劲。我很爱吃它们，它们的季节大约是在9月。

– Hairy crabs (大闸蟹 da zhaxie): these crabs are very appreciated in the whole country and the best (and more expensive) come from Yangcheng Lake, between Suzhou and Kunshan. When October arrives, all the fancy restaurants in China serve them at quite a pricey cost. They are very good, to be honest, but I think all the cracking and slurping (as with the crayfish) is quite annoying. Last time I ate them my MIL cracked all the parts open for me and I felt like a small child. The best piece is a yellow/orange part located inside the female crab’s tummy. They are called hairy crabs because they have some kind of hair in their “arms”.

大闸蟹:这些螃蟹在全国都很受欢迎，最好的(也更贵)的大闸蟹来自在苏州和昆山之间的阳澄湖。每当10月到来时，中国所有的高档餐厅都会以相当昂贵的价格供应它们。说实话，它们非常好吃，但我觉得所有这些掰碎它们的噼啪声和吃东西的啜吸声(就像吃小龙虾一样)都很烦人。上次我吃的时候，我的婆婆把所有的部分都给我打开了，我觉得自己像个小孩子。最好的部分是位于雌蟹肚子里的黄色/橙色部分。它们之所以被称为大闸蟹，是因为它们的“胳膊”上有一些毛。

Have you tried any of these foods? Do you like them?

你吃过这些食物吗?你喜欢吃吗？

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Constance
The Suzhou Pants Building is very cool [the name definitely caught my attention and I had to check out the previous post]. My favorite has to be the first one as well – love the reflections and the background.

苏州裤衩大楼非常酷(这个名字确实引起了我的注意，我不得不去看看之前的帖子)。我最喜欢的是第一个雕塑以及，喜欢它的光影反射和背景。

Marta
Well, only us mean people are calling it “Suzhou pants”, the official name is Gate of the Orient. But come on, it does look like a pair of pants!.

嗯，只有我们这里的人叫它“苏州裤衩”，它的正式名称是东方之门。但是，拜托，它看起来确实像一条裤衩！。

Constance
if the pants fit, wear them!I love the name ‘Suzhou Pants’ as to oppose to the official name! :)

如果裤衩合身，就穿上它吧！我喜欢“苏州裤衩”这个名字，但反对这个正式的名字！:)

Ri
Such great namesーgolden chickens, pants buildings… Suzhou has it all!Love the reflective raindrops and the spider, too!I know, I know!! Don Quixote and Sancho Panza! ^^)/

如此伟大的名字，金鸡，裤衩大楼...苏州拥有这一切！我也喜欢反光的雨滴和蜘蛛！我知道最后一个雕塑，我知道！堂吉诃德和桑丘.潘沙！^^)/

Marta
Yayyy! You are the winner, haha. And I don’t have a picture, but just in front of Don Quixote and Sancho there is a sculpture of the scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz!

耶！你赢了，哈哈。在堂吉诃德和桑丘面前有一个来自绿野仙踪的稻草人的雕塑，但是我没有拍照！

Karolyn
Brilliant, surreal images. But from my limited experience of Suzhou, the blue skies are the most surprising thing.

很精彩，很真实的照片。但从我在苏州的有限经历来看，蓝天是最令人惊讶的事情。

Marta
Sadly they are :( I think even Beijing has more blue sky days than us!

太可悲了，的确如此:( 我认为即使是北京也比我们有更多的蓝天！

Kimberly
The weather was sunny on Sunday and we couldn’t help but go out and walk around either. You had more interesting things to see though! I like the raindrops too. You never know what you’ll come across on a walk anywhere in China :)

如果星期天的天气晴朗，我们也会忍不住出去走走。不过你还有更有趣的东西要看！我也喜欢雨滴的雕塑。你永远不会知道你在中国的任何地方散步时会遇到什么:)

Marta
Let’s see what we come across when you come to visit Suzhou!

让我们看看你来苏州时，我们会遇到什么！

Mabel Kwong
Certainly a lovely day there. Lots of sculptures to look at. Love the first one and your captured the reflections beautifully.

那里的天气真好。有很多雕塑可以看。我喜欢第一张，你捕捉到的倒影非常漂亮。

Marta
Blue sky days are indeed lovely! If only we had them more often… :D

有蓝天的日子真棒！要是我们能经常有这样的日子就好了...

leonahinds
No way is there a Don Quijote statue in China! I was amazed at all the types of sculptures and modern public art when I was in China, but never saw anything like these! This park is now on my bucket list, thanks for sharing.

不是吧，中国居然有唐吉诃德的雕塑！当我在中国的时候，我对各种类型的雕塑和现代公共艺术感到惊奇，但是从来没有见过这样的东西！这个公园现在在我的愿望清单上了，谢谢分享。

Marta
There is actually a statue of Cervantes, Don Quixote’s writer, in the campus of Beijing University.The parks around the lake in Suzhou are a good place to wander when you get tired of all the classic gardens in the center of the city! ;)

在北京大学的校园里，有一尊塞万提斯的雕塑，他是堂吉诃德的作者！当你厌倦了市中心的古典园林时，苏州湖畔的公园是一个漫步的好地方！;)

Behind
The giant drops of water and their ripples are lovely. I like the skateboarders too. Even the ants are nice, especially for children. I hate the monkeys, though. It’s nice to see that Don Quixote and Sancho Panza made it to Suzhou.

巨大的水滴和它们的涟漪很漂亮。我也喜欢滑板爱好者的雕塑。即使是蚂蚁也很棒，特别是对孩子来说。不过我讨厌猴子。很高兴看到唐吉诃德和桑丘.潘沙出现在苏州。

Marta
I see we have a similar taste! Well, except in the skateboarders, I don’t really like them.

我认为我们有相似的品味！嗯，除了滑板爱好者，我真的不喜欢他们。

Hilary
Neat idea with the sculptures! What caught my attention was that seeing clouds and blue sky was novel. Wow… it really is that bad, eh?

雕塑的创意真棒！不过引起我注意的是你看到云和蓝天感到很新奇。哇...真的有那么糟糕吗？

Marta
Unfortunately it is :( China has a huge environmental problem. The water, the soil, the air… everything is polluted!

不幸的是:( 中国有一个严重的环境问题。水，土壤，空气...一切都被污染了！

Hilary
Huh… that’s great there’s a workaround! I have a feeling that the general population doesn’t believe everything they read??

嗯...那太好了，至少有个变通的办法！我有一种感觉，普通大众并不相信他们读到的所有东西，对吗？

Marta
I’m not very sure, I think many people don’t even consider that what they read can be untrue. But that happens also in western countries, many times news are written differently based on the writer’s belief and the same issue can be presented in two completely different ways

我不是很确定，我认为很多人甚至不认为他们读的东西是不真实的。但这种情况在西方国家也同样存在，很多时候，新闻的立场基于作者的价值观而不同，同样的问题可以用两种完全不同的方式来呈现

Hilary
Very true about different coverage of the same issue. It’s a skill to determine what is made up fluff and what is real sometimes, especially when it *sounds* like official research or sources are being quoted. This is especially true with the Internet! Your reader has to be on high alx all the time

同一问题的不同方式的报道，你说的很对。有时候，判断什么是虚假的，什么是真实的是一种技能，尤其是当它听起来像是引用的官方的研究资料的时候，在互联网上尤其如此！你必须时刻保持高度警惕。

hcyip
Interesting sculptures. It’s strange that there are so few people about. Is it because Suzhou is not crowded?

有趣的雕塑。奇怪的是周围人这么少。是因为苏州不拥挤吗？

Marta
This district was built in cooperation with the Singapore government and I don’t know if that is the reason, but the streets are wider and there is more space in general than in other parts of China or even other districts in Suzhou. It feels kind of empty

这个地区是与新加坡政府合作建造的，我不知道这是不是原因，但是这里的街道比苏州其他地区甚至中国其他地区都要宽阔，有更多的空间。不过感觉有点空洞。

MyChineseBF
Some of these sculptures are rather strange. XD I can’t get over the monkeys on the phone! It really makes you wonder what the artist was thinking. The water drops are my favorite too. :)

这些雕塑有些相当奇怪。打电话的猴子真让我受不了！它真的让你想知道艺术家在想什么。水滴的雕塑也是我的最爱。:)

TooChineseForU
I didn’t get to visit Suzhou while I was studying in Shanghai, but I’m now itching to go and check it out. I’m also interested in the gardens as well, since that’s what we first learn about when studying about Chinese history and culture in the US.

我在上海学习的时候没有去过苏州，但是我现在很想去看看。我对园林也很感兴趣，因为这是我们在美国学习中国历史和文化时首先了解到的。

Marta
Let me know when you come!

你来的时候告诉我一声！

hcyip
I’ve only visited Suzhou once and it was part of a multi-city tour. We just visited a temple, Lion Grove garden and took a boat ride on a canal, as well as a mall with a giant LED screen that was open but virtually empty. Other than the Lion garden, I didn’t find these places too interesting and as a result, my opinion of Suzhou is that it is not very interesting and kind of boring. I hope I’m wrong though, haha.

我只去过苏州一次，那是一次多城市旅游的一部分。我们参观了一个寺庙，狮子林，在运河上划船，还有一个有着巨大的LED屏幕的商场，它虽然是开着的，但实际上里面是空的。除了狮子园，我不觉得其它地方很有趣，因此，我对苏州的看法是，它不是很有趣，有点无聊。我希望我错了，哈哈。

Marta
Why were you taken to that mall?? There is absolutely nothing to see there hahaha. Even going for a walk around the lake would have been better!Suzhou is not as fun as Beijing but it is still ok ;)

你为什么会被带到那个商场？那里肯定没有什么可看的，哈哈。即使是在湖边散步也会比去那儿更好！苏州虽然没有北京有趣，但也不错;)

hcyip
You’re right; there wasn’t really anything. The tour guide wanted us to see the short movie on the giant overhead screen. The screen was fancy but there was nothing special about the video. If anything, the sight of this large, modern mall with open stores on a weekday evening and nobody around gave me a bad impression.I did find that Suzhou seemed like a prosperous city, more modern and well-off than Nanjing or Xian, and similar to Hangzhou, which I liked more.

你说得对，那里其实什么都没有。导游想让我们在头顶上的巨大屏幕上看部短片。屏幕很漂亮，但视频没有什么特别之处。如果说有什么区别的话，那就是在工作日的晚上看到这个大型的、现代化的商场和营业的商店，而周围却没有人。这给我留下了不好的印象。我发现苏州看起来确实像一个繁荣的城市，比南京或西安更现代，更富裕，更像杭州，我也更喜欢。

Marta
Yep, that mall sucks, it’s always empty! In the last couple of years a lot of new malls have been built in that district (Suzhou Industrial Park) but I don’t think there’s enough business for all of them!

是的，那个商场糟透了，总是空空如也！在过去的几年里，很多新的商场已经在那个地区(苏州工业园区)建成了，我不认为有足够的客流量给他们所有的商场！

hcyip
Hmm, it seems that Suzhou has a lot of money to burn on fancy malls but not enough consumers. Beijing has a similar problem too though – malls like the Place, which incidentally also has a giant overhead LED roof screen, and Sanlitun Taikoo North (Taikoo South is popular though) hardly have anyone, at least the few times I’ve been or passed by.

嗯，看起来苏州有很多钱可以花在高档商场上，但是消费者却不够多。北京也有类似的问题，像这里的商场一样，它也有一个巨大的顶部LED屏幕，而三里屯太古北(太古南很受欢迎)几乎没有人，至少在我路过的几次中是这样。

Ray
Destiny’ll do that!When I went to Shanghai, I then went to Hangzhou not Suzhou. I often hear that Suzhou is better.

命运把你引到了苏州！当我去上海的时候，我又去了杭州而不是苏州。我经常听说苏州更好。

Marta
Suzhou better than Hangzhou? Really? Well I haven’t lived in Hangzhou but it seems a very nice city, I like it a lot.

苏州比杭州好？真的吗？我没有在杭州住过，但是杭州看起来是一个很不错的城市，我非常喜欢它。

CrazyChineseFamily
Seems like many things play into how we perceive or remember a place. As in my case with the terracotta warriors I only remember the stinky tofu

似乎有很多因素影响着我们对一个地方的感知和记忆。和我对西安的印象一样，我只记住了臭豆腐，而没太记住兵马俑。

Marta
Hahaha yes! Maybe your post about the warriors inspired me to write this, I’m not sure :D

哈哈哈，是啊！也许是你关于兵马俑的帖子激励了我写这篇文章，我不确定，哈哈

George
I was born in southern China, when i went to college which is in Shandong province in northern China first time, and I felt the weather is very dry , and i had nosebleeds in the first night in my college. You know the weather in southern China is often humid. I’m not very used to the weather at the first time, but after studying and working for few years in northern China, i think i like the weather in the northern China now.

我出生在中国南方，第一次上大学是在中国北方的山东省，我觉得那里的天气非常干燥，我在大学的第一个晚上流了鼻血。你知道中国南方的天气经常是潮湿的。一开始我不太习惯天气，但是在北方学习和工作了几年之后，我想我喜欢现在北方的天气。

Marta
Oh now that you mention it, when I was living in Beijing my nose was very dry inside all the time! But I think it is easier moving from south to north than the other way around, imagine those poor Northerners having to stand a winter without heating ;)

哦，既然你提到了，那我也说说我的感受。我住在北京的时候，我的鼻子一直感觉很干！但是我认为从南方迁移到北方比从北方迁移到南方要容易得多，想象一下那些可怜的北方人不得不忍受一个没有暖气的冬天。

Marta
When I arrived to Beijing I was so scared I didn’t leave the campus during the first week hahaha. The city was so huge! But after my initial shock I fell head over heels for Beijing. It is probably my favourite city in the world, despite the pollution!Vietnam didn’t give me a bad impression but also not a specially good one. Back then I thought maybe the reason was that I found it so similar to China I was kind of disappointed.

当我到达北京的时候，我很害怕，第一个星期我没有离开过校园，哈哈哈。这个城市太大了！但在最初的震惊之后，我对北京一往情深。尽管污染严重，但它可能是我最喜欢的城市！越南给我的印象不坏，但也不是特别好。当时我想，原因可能是我发现它与中国如此相似，我有点失望。

Mabel Kwong
Stools in the aisles of the bus…oh my. If you didn’t mention that, I wouldn’t have guessed you were sitting on stools in the last photo. I hope no one slid off their stools and got to Shanghai in once piece :D.When I moved back to Australia, I hated how there were many, many pubs and dodgy laneways in the city. I thought it was not that safe to live here. True…then I stopped going to that dodgy part of town and I thought otherwise :)

巴士过道里的凳子...哦，天哪。如果你没有提到这一点，我甚至没注意到最后一张照片中你是坐在过道的凳子上的。我希望没有人从凳子上滑下来，都毫发无损地到达上海。哈哈。当我搬回澳大利亚的时候，我讨厌这个城市里有那么多酒吧和那么多乱七八糟的巷子。我觉得住在这里不安全。没错...后来我不再去城里那个不安全的地方，我的想法就不一样了:)

Marta
We arrived in one piece, but I remember my butt was pretty uncomfortable sitting there for 2 hours :D.It is good you found a nicer part of town! Sometimes we tend to only focus on bad things.

我们平安抵达，但我记得我的屁股在那里坐了两个小时很不舒服。哈哈。你找到了一个更好的地方真是太好了！有时候我们总是倾向于把注意力集中在坏的事情上。

Behind
The stools in the aisle remind me a flight we took in Russia from Khabarovsk to Magadan. The pilot allowed people to stand in the aisle after they paid him a bribe. My husband was not happy because a woman with unshaved underarm hair stood over his head, and her sweat dripped on him.I was in Suzhou in 1986. All I remember is a boat ride on a lovely lake and some saying about how beautiful the women of Suzhou are.

过道里的凳子让我想起了我们在俄罗斯从哈巴罗夫斯克飞往马加丹的航班。飞行员允许人们在行贿后站在过道上。我丈夫很不高兴，因为一个未剃腋毛的女人站在他头上，她的汗水滴在他身上。1986年我在苏州。我所记得的就是在一个美丽的湖面上划船，还有一些关于苏州女人是多么美丽的故事。

Marta
OMG, standing on a plane?? And poor husband… what an unpleasant experience hahaha.I have also heard something about the beauty of women from Suzhou, but there are also several sayings like that in other parts of China (esp. in Sichuan). Well, I don’t think any place would advertise itself as “the city with the ugliest women in the country” hahaha.

天啊，站在飞机上？还有你可怜的丈夫...多么不愉快的经历啊，哈哈。我也听说过一些关于苏州女人的美丽的故事，但是在中国其他地方也有一些类似的谚语。比如在四川。嗯，我想没有哪个地方会把自己标榜为“全国最丑女人的城市”，哈哈哈。

Suigetsu
So why did you decide to live in Suzhou despite the bad first impression?BTW, you’re one of those people that don’t seem to age… You look pretty much the same as you did at 23.

那么，为什么尽管第一印象不好，你还是决定住在苏州？顺便说一句，你是那种看起来不会变老的人...你看起来和你23岁时差不多。

Marta
I didn’t really decide it, it was destiny! I found a job in Spain, working for a company that happened to have a factory in Suzhou, and later they sent me here.BTW, thanks for your compliment haha.

这不是我决定的，这是命运的安排！我在西班牙找到了一份工作，在一家刚好在苏州有工厂的公司工作，后来他们把我送到了这里。顺便说一句，谢谢你的赞美。哈哈。

Constance
I think I had a similar situation the first time I went to Taroko Gorge in Taiwan. It rained the entire time. We were on scooters and there was a traffic jam the entire way . Plus, we stayed at a hostel and although clean, someone decided to spay the bathroom with their vomit in the early morning.However, when I went back, I camped and it was the most amazing trip!BTW, sitting on stools sounds rather dangerous.

我想我第一次去太鲁阁峡谷的时候也遇到过类似的情况。整天都在下雨。我们当时坐在小型摩托车上，整个交通都堵塞了。另外，我们住在了一家青年旅社，虽然很干净，但有人在清晨用他们的呕吐物铺满了浴室的地面。然而，当我回去的时候，我体验了露营，这是最棒的旅行！顺便说一句，坐在凳子上听起来很危险。

Jocelyn
It’s funny that you didn’t have a positive impression of Suzhou at first, because actually I didn’t have a great impression of Hangzhou either. In fact, I had vetoed it off my travel list many years ago b/c someone told me it was overrated and boring. But if I hadn’t come here, I wouldn’t have met John…so there you go! ;-)

有趣的是，你一开始对苏州没有什么好印象，因为实际上我对杭州也没有什么好印象。事实上，很多年前我就把它从我的旅行清单上划掉了，有人告诉我它被高估了，很无聊。但是如果我没有来到这里，我就不会遇见约翰...就是这样！;-)

Marta
Ha! Luckily you went to Hangzhou. It’s yuanfen!BTW I’m wondering what kind of places does that person like? Because Hangzhou is pretty nice!

哈！还好你去了杭州，这就是缘分。顺便说一句，我想知道那个人喜欢什么样的地方？因为杭州很漂亮！

marghini
The first time I went to Hong Kong I literally thought it was the greatest city in the world! I just loved it so much! Fast foward two years later, after living in Hong Kong for few months, I hated it. It must have been the close proximity to my monster in-law :)

我第一次去香港的时候，我真的以为它是世界上最伟大的城市！我太喜欢它了！很快过了两年，在香港生活了几个月后，我开始讨厌这里了。一定是因为离我那怪物婆婆太近了:)（译注：mother in law意为婆婆或者丈母娘，这里是评论者化用了单词来表达自己的感受）

Marta
Uhm usually there are other foreigners but honestly I don’t know if people stare or not… I stopped noticing it a long time ago, maybe it is a self-defense mecanism hahaha!

嗯，通常会有其他外国人，但老实说，我不知道人们是否会盯着我看...我很久以前就不关心这个了，也许这是一种自卫机制，哈哈！

autumnashbough
Isn’t it funny how people go off to enjoy the great outdoors and then create their own indoors? In the U.S., it’s all about the giant caravans/ or recreational vehicles — very few even bring actual tents camping anymore. They have a kitchen, a bathroom, a sink, a bed… They even call it “Glamping,”But this is the first time I’ve heard of a karaoke machine going camping. Ouch. So much for peace and quiet!

人们出去享受美好的户外生活，然后在室内创造属于自己的生活，这不是很有趣吗？在美国，只有大篷车或者休闲车才能露营，很少有人会带真正的帐篷来露营。他们有一个厨房，一个浴室，一个水槽，一张床...他们甚至称之为“魅力露营”但这是我第一次听说带着卡拉ok机去露营的。哦，平静与安宁离你而去了！

Marta
I have never seen the inside of one of those caravans in real life! No one that I know had one in Spain, although I have seen them sometimes parked. I think they are also kind of popular in northern Europe. In China I think I have never seen one on the road.I would be so stressed if I had one and I had to think all the time about where to park. When I am in Spain and I drive I am always worried I won’t find a parking spot haha.

我从来没有在现实生活中看到过那些大篷车的内部！我认识的人中没有人在西班牙有这种车，尽管我有时看到这种车停在一些地方。我认为它们在北欧也很流行。在中国，我想我从来没有在路上看到过。如果我有这种车的话，我会觉得压力很大，而且我必须一直考虑把车停在哪里。当我在西班牙开车时，我总是担心找不到停车位，哈哈。

CrazyChineseFamily
I love Chinese BBQ! I have also a favorite restaurant in xi’an with is a bbq restaurant…I used to like the song little Apple until MIL started singing it the past weeks…

我喜欢中国烧烤！西安还有一家我最喜欢的餐厅，是一家烧烤餐厅..我以前很喜欢小苹果这首歌，直到过去几周我的婆婆开始唱这首歌..

Marta
Ugh, you will hate it when you come in the summer. It is EVERYWHERE. On tv, in the supermarket, everybody has it as a ring tone, the grandmas dance it in the park… That song is the devil!!!

你夏天来的时候一定会讨厌这首歌的。你在哪儿都能听到它。在电视上，在超市里，每个人都把它当作铃声，奶奶们在公园里跳舞...那首歌简直是魔鬼！

CrazyChineseFamily
Let’s see how will manage in China when I am surrounded by the song 24/7 :)

让我们来看看当我被一首歌24/7包围的时候，我在中国会怎么做:)

marghini
I really hate people who listen to loud music in public areas like beaches or parks, SO rude. It is such a utter lack of respect. They totally ruin the joy of the experience for those around them and they don’t give a damn about it. I swear I would punch them in the face if i could!(end of the rant)

我真的很讨厌那些在公共场所听吵闹音乐的人，比如在海滩或者公园，这太粗鲁了。完全不尊重别人。他们完全破坏了周围人的快乐体验，而且他们对此毫不在乎。我发誓如果可以的话我会打肿他们的脸！(咆哮到此结束)

Marta
I agree with your rant. What about those people that listen to music on their mobile phones without headphones? I would totally slap them.

我同意你的观点。那些不戴耳机用手机听音乐的人在哪里？我真想扇他们一巴掌。

Mabel Kwong
Hahaha! Your friend a professional barbequer! And he even came first to set up. It makes sense and he sounds like the kind of person who knows how to set up everything to cooking and making sure no food gets burnt.In Australia we have BBQs almost all year round. Our winters are not that cold in the cities so it’s possible. Beef and lamb are the most popular BBQ meats here. Of course there has to be sausages :D

哈哈哈！你的朋友是专业的烧烤师！他甚至是第一个到达的。这是有道理的，而且他听起来像是那种知道如何烹饪和确保没有食物烤焦的人。在澳大利亚，我们几乎全年都去户外烧烤。我们的冬天在城市里不是那么冷，所以这是可能实现的。牛肉和羊肉是这里最受欢迎的烧烤肉类。当然还有香肠，哈哈

Marta
I am more of a professional eater, other people can barbecue, I will eat!! :D.Here the bbq season is pretty short… in the winter it is too cold and in the summer it is too hot :/

我更是一个专业的吃货，别人会烧烤，我会吃！哈哈。这里的烧烤季很短...因为冬天太冷，夏天太热。

CL
I can cook, but when it comes to outdoor BBQ, I am totally rubbish! I think I would be like you, a professional eater! :D

我会做饭，但是一提到户外烧烤，我就完全是门外汉了！我想我会像你一样，做一个专业吃货！哈哈哈

Marta
Haha I don’t believe you!! You are a kitchen master and bbq is like the easiest, right?

哈哈，我才不相信你！你是个厨师，烧烤是最简单的，不是吗？

CL
No it’s not. In the kitchen there are clear instructions and procedures you can follow, like, turn the heat down to low/medium, bake at 180C for 1 hour… but with the BBQ pit, with all those charcoal, I’m lost…

不，不是的。在厨房里有明确的步骤，你照做就行了，比如，把温度调低到中低度，在180摄氏度烤一个小时...但是看到烧烤槽里有那么多木炭，我就懵逼了...

Zhou
No gonna lie, I’m rockin’ a little grill envy. This summer, I’ve decided to try a new BBQ tactic. I’m going to make up some nice marinated chicken kabobs and a few shrimp kabobs and take them down to my local 串 chuar street food dudes (we have a long standing me eating their chuar relationship) to have them grill it up for me – for cash or trade. now I want some real BBQ.I’m sorry. I’m surprised your food didn’t burst into flames – seeing how close you were to hell on earth.

不骗你，我有点嫉妒你的烤架。今年夏天，我决定尝试一种新的烧烤方式。我打算做一些腌制好的鸡肉串和虾肉串，然后把它们带到我当地的串儿街上的伙计那里(我一直在吃他们的串儿)，让他们为我烤一烤，然后我付给他们钱。现在我想要一些真正的烧烤。抱歉。我很惊讶你的食物为什么没有烧着，看看它们离地狱有多近。

CrazyChineseFamily
Got to love those old Chinese alleys. In Xi’an they are also very very rare these days as everything gets torn down and replaced by new and “better” buildings. These old complexes are like communities whileas the new ones are just like prison cells in my opinion, but that might be just me :)

我喜欢那些老旧的中国小巷。在西安，随着所有老东西都被拆除，取而代之的是新的和“更好的”建筑，这些老建筑变得非常非常罕见。这些老的建筑群就像是社区，而新的建筑群在我看来就像是监狱的牢房，但那可能只是我个人的看法:)

Marta
Yes, I also like these alleys, and I wouldn’t mind living there if they have a bathroom and can install internet, haha.

是的，我也喜欢这些小巷，我不介意住在那里，如果他们有浴室，并且可以安装互联网的话，哈哈。

marghini
How pretty! There is definitely a Beijing vibe there. I am totally jealous about the cold wave, here it is insanely hot! You mentioned you spend a lot of time home, but I thought you had a job in Shanghai?

多么漂亮啊！这里绝对有一种北京的氛围。我非常嫉妒你这里的寒潮，现在我这里热得要命！你说你经常在家，但你在上海有工作，不是吗？

Marta
Yes, I am still working! I meant I basically stay at home all the time during the weekends :)

是的，我还在工作！我的意思是我基本上周末都呆在家里:)

CL
Hopefully these can last longer than the old buildings in Malaysia. We all need an old commune or two to remind us of the place’s heritage, don’t we?

希望这些建筑能比马来西亚的老建筑保存得更持久。我们都需要一两个古老的建筑来展现我们这个地方的文化传承，不是吗？

Lani
Yes, in the “Western” world, we normall don’t see them like we do out here.

是的，在“西方”的世界里，我们通常不会像在这里一样看待他们。

Behind
I enjoy seeing photos of everyday places. The alley’s look quiet and private.

我喜欢看日常生活的照片。这条小巷看起来静谧而祥和。

Nicole
Very lovely pictures.

非常漂亮的照片。

Everyday
In a funny way, the twists n turns of the streets are oddly reminiscent of our recent walks around certain parts of London. My partner had a meeting with a talent agent just off Charing Cross… it took several attempts to find it as the ‘Road’ was more like a hidden alley behind an odd entrance that was curiously.I was also terribly amused by the ‘heat wave’ – we still needed our sweaters as that heat melted away the moment you stepped into the shade or it became overcast.. and brrr by evening!Guess growing up with the weather extremes of Winnipeg and living in India has my inner temperature gage way off from the typical Brit!Hope the typhoon doesn’t affect you though….

有趣的是，这些蜿蜒曲折的街道让我想起我们最近在伦敦的某些地方散步的情景。我的合伙人在查令十字路口和一个天才经纪人会面..我试了好几次才找到它，因为那条‘路''更像是一条小巷，隐藏在一个奇怪的入口后面。我被你说的“热浪”逗乐了，我们这里仍然需要毛衣，因为在你走进阴凉处的那一刻，热量就会消散，晚上的时候，天气就会转凉！我是在温尼伯的极端天气下长大，生活在印度，我的体内温度与典型的英国人相去甚远！希望台风不会影响到你..

Marta
Haha, yes, I don’t think the words “heat wave” mean the same for British people and for us.The typhoon was like every year: nothing at all! Just some wind and rain but enough to keep everybody scared and cancel some flights and trains… Sometimes I wish we would have a real typhoon, haha.

哈哈，是的，我不认为“热浪”这个词对英国人和我们来说是一样的。台风和往年一样:没什么大不了的！只是一些风和雨，但足以让大家害怕，政府也取消了一些航班和火车...有时我希望我们会遇到一次真正的台风，哈哈。

Everyday
I hear you! I shrug my shoulders at a foot or two of water now… Ya wanna talk a REAL flood?Heck I grew up sandbagging in Winnipeg which – if it wasn’t for Duffy’s dike – large parts wouldn’t exist today. And waded through 2005 Bombay where I worked and lived in the two worst affected areas. Literally 5+ feet of water, no electricity and, ironically, water had to be brought in by tanks for weeks.

我听到了什么！我看着一两英尺深的水，耸耸肩膀...你想谈谈真正的洪水吗？真见鬼，我是在温尼伯长大的。如果不是达菲的大坝，现在大部分地方都不复存在了。2005年我在孟买工作，生活在两个受灾最严重的地区。有5英尺多的水，没有电。讽刺的是，饮用水不得不花好几个星期通过水箱运进来。

Constance
First of all, I am SOOO jealous of your temps! Please, please, please send the 17 degree weather my way.Such lovely photos. Love the last one!!

首先，我非常非常嫉妒你那里的温度！请把17度的天气送给我。多么漂亮的照片，我很喜欢最后一张！

Marta
Unfortunately our cool wave seems to be over and summer should be in full force in the next few days :(I hope at least it stops raining and I can go to the swimming pool…

不幸的是，我们的寒潮似乎已经结束了，夏季应该是在未来几天发起全力进攻:(我希望至少雨可以停下来，那样我就可以去游泳池..

Ruby
Suzhou looks like an old water town. Some of these photos kind of remind me of Wuzhen.Glad you’re cooling off over there in China! I remember those Shanghai summers are they were pretty nasty.

苏州看起来像一个古老的水城。其中一些照片让我想起了乌镇。很高兴你在中国温度变得凉爽了！我记得我在上海的那些夏天，真是糟透了。

Marta
Yes, Suzhou also has canals! But not so many/so close as in those small water towns.I haven’t been to Wuzhen, only to Tongli and Zhouzhuang.

是的，苏州也有运河！但是没有那些小水城那么多/那么近。我没有去过乌镇，我只去过同里和周庄。

autumnashbough
The zongzi look delicious!On the other hand…the waxberries have worms? Even Andy — who eats everything from fish eyeballs to Rocky Mountain oysters — said, “That’s GROSS!”What does loquat taste like? Andy says tart?I’m not a fan of any food that stares at me, so hairy crabs and crayfish are out of the questions unless starving.

粽子看起来很好吃！不过...杨梅里有虫子吗？就连Andy(他什么都吃，从鱼眼球到落基山牡蛎)也说，“太恶心了!”枇杷是什么味道？Andy说像馅饼？我不喜欢任何盯着我看的食物，所以除非饿坏了，否则我是不可能大闸蟹和小龙虾的。

Marta
Hahaha sometimes they don’t have worms! And anyway, they all drown when you put them in water!Loquat tastes sweet, usually. It’s hard to describe flavours! What is tart? Like a pie?Uh, I see how you have been totally NOT a fan of the thing our friend barbecued last week… a whole goat’s head, with horns and everything!! It looked like if they were doing some kind of satanic ceremony…

哈哈哈，有时候它们没有虫子！不管怎样，当你把它们放到水里的时候，它们都会被淹死！枇杷的味道通常是甜的。味道难以形容！什么是馅饼？像派一样的东西？嗯，我明白了，你完全不喜欢我们的朋友上周烤的东西...一个完整的山羊头，还有角，什么都有！看起来好像他们在做什么邪恶的仪式..

roamingpursuits
The food looks delicious.

这些食物看起来很好吃。

Marta
It is! Well, except crayfish, although they do smell delicious.

是的！除了小龙虾，虽然它们闻起来很香。

Constance
Zongzi are popular here during the Dragon Boat Festival. Watermelon is popular now as well. In Taiwan, this is one of my favorite seasons as lychee can be seen and purchased everywhere [it is my absolute favorite fruit with passion fruit a close second]!!

端午节的时候，粽子在这里很受欢迎。西瓜现在也很受欢迎。在台湾，这是我最喜欢的季节之一，因为荔枝随处可见，到处都能买到(这是我绝对最喜欢的水果，其次是西番莲)！

Marta
No, there are a lot of fruits! And anyway, those are not really seafood, if anything lakefood and riverfood

不，有很多水果！无论如何，这些都不是真正的海鲜，如果有湖鲜和河鲜的说法的话

CrazyChineseFamily

Poor crabs :(Fruits are fine as I love to eat fruits during summer time but except some fish I cant eat anz sea/ lake/ river food :)

可怜的螃蟹:(水果还是不错的，因为我喜欢在夏天吃水果，但是除了一些鱼，我不能吃海鲜/湖鲜/河鲜

Mabel Kwong
It’s amazing how you can find lots of watermelons for cheap prices in Asia, at least in Malaysia and Singapore. In Australia, they are very pricey. Very refreshing to eat on a hot and humid day, almost like a dessert in itself as watermelon can be very sweet.

在亚洲，至少在马来西亚和新加坡，你能以低廉的价格找到大量的西瓜，这真是太棒了。在澳大利亚，它们非常昂贵。在炎热潮湿的天气里吃起来非常清爽，几乎就像甜点一样，西瓜本身就可以很甜。

Marta
In Spain watermelon is quite cheap too! It is the perfect dessert in the summer!

西瓜在西班牙也很便宜！它是夏天最好的甜点！

shing
Amazing that you can tell what month of the year it is through what fruits are sold in the market! I visited Suzhou when I was in China and found it utterly charming!

令人惊奇的是，你可以通过市场上出售的水果来判断是一年中的哪个月份！我在中国的时候去过苏州，发现那里非常迷人！

Marta
Thanks, Shing! Did you try any special local food when you were here? :)

谢谢你，Shing！你在这里的时候有没有尝过当地的特色菜？:)

anthony
Holy Schmoly..you even look hot when wearing daggy clothes and sneakers while sweating, working laboriously! When don’t you look good?

天哪。.你穿着粗糙的衣服和运动鞋，一边流汗，一边辛苦工作，看起来还是很性感！你什么时候看起来不太好？

Marta
When I go to the swimming pool and I have to wear that silicone cap I look pretty awful, haha.

当我去游泳池的时候，我不得不戴着那顶硅胶的帽子，我那个时候看起来很糟糕，哈哈。

Zhou
Zongzi, zongzi, zongzi! Dragon boat festival can’t get here soon enough. They are my favorite Chinese festival food. You’ve got me craving ’em big time.

粽子，粽子，粽子！端午节来得还是不够快。它们是我最喜欢的中国节日食品。你的文章让我更加渴望吃到它们。

Marta
If I could I would send you some pipa and yangmei. And zongzi!! Haha. Who eats the skin of the pipa?? You are supposed to peel them! :D.Regarding the yangmei worms, don’t think about it… more protein, right? Last year during hairy crab season we went to have dinner at MIL’s. I was starving but she insisted we had to eat crabs… so after one hour of slurping I was still starving… hahaha!

如果可以的话，我想送你一些枇杷和杨梅。还有粽子！哈哈。谁吃枇杷的皮了？你应该剥开它们！哈哈。关于杨梅里的虫子，不要想它了...更多的蛋白质，不是吗？去年的大闸蟹季节，我们去婆婆家吃晚饭。我当时很饿，但她坚持要我们吃大闸蟹...所以吃了一个小时之后，我还是很饿......哈哈哈！

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