Post 2 of 2.  Pictures from my Hangzhou break.  We went to Xiaoshan and saw a lake there where they had found an archaeological site from 8000 years ago.  Very cool stuff.

This cool guy was at the museum

The archaeological site

River by the museum

Hot Pot!  This is about a quarter of what we ate...

Noodles for breakfast

The view from Xiaoshan Lake

Pretty pagoda on the lake

Marriage hall with Alice

Near the Tea Plantation

Amazing lunch.  So much food.

Sampling tea with Sadaf and Alice

Elvin and his wonderfully hospitable family and friends

Drying the roots and vegetables