Suzhou Winter

Coming to Suzhou after being in Minnesota was a laugh in winter's face. It was 60 degrees when I landed in Shanghai. What a joke. When the semester began again, my Southern Hemisphere colleagues were talking about how cold it was. Puh-leez. It was mid 40's. MID 40's!! What a bunch of cracker jacks.

Here's what's happening in this chilling winter:

This old man isn't letting winter slow him and his roller blades down.

It's strawberry season. $1/pound-give or take depending on size and quality of the strawberry.

More weird animals are place randomly around malls.
Anwer looks really cold, but it's only because we drove the E-bike. 

Oh hey, Mr. Walton!

What society is.

It's hard to tell, but these cars are lined up for car washes... from the swampy area nearby.
They bring their own buckets and supplies and just get it done.

Yankee Candle showed up to help with the odor issues in greater China.

It did snow very briefly the other day. I prayed really hard for a snow day, but no such luck.