Do you remember a lovely song “Les biciclettes de Belsize?”
Well, now – in 6-million Hangzhou I sing it “Les baguettes de Hangzhou” Why? After a number of consecutive days on rice and noodles only I have just round the corner French patisserie where they offer fesh and crispy French baguettes /7 yuan each/. Oh la,la!
I stay in the Mingtown youth hostel conveniently located on the West Lake, close to the center of the city. They charge 40 yuans for the dorm bed with a YH card.
I do not speak Chinese and often I have problems. But they are easy to solve. Today I wanted to buy a honey. Shopkeeper did not understand what is honey but after my short demonstration (with bzzz… bzzz… (what the bees do) and mniaam… mniaam… – he brought me a jar of honey (for 15 yuans). Everybody had a fun!
The nicest part of old Hangzhou is located around the West Lake. Can you imagine green hills with pagodas, temples, gardens. Boats sailing to the small islands on the lake? – People say that it is like a the image of traditional Chna in the pill… I took a walk around the lake. The weather unfortunately is wet, so it is only half of the pleasure… May be next time…
