I had never seen Tea Plantations close up before and the first time was at Houshan when we climbed the mountain to the Temple.
We walked through the rows of tea growing and noticed folk picking leaves possibly for their own use.
Since then I have seen many tea plantations between Shaoxing and Hangzhou in particular. They are on many hills around these areas, as no doubt they are in many areas of China.
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Though it was Sunday, I didn't "go" to church - but I did take my grandson for a play in the park right beside the church that I workshipped at years ago in Adelaide.
I remember when the church opened when I was a little girl - a long time ago. We lived not far away and would generally walk to church each Sunday morning. I remember visiting the church in the last few years - it is smaller than I remember it.
It is called St Elizabeth's after St Elizabeth of Hungary. I probably remembered once why it was named that but I don't recall now. They have a spectacular garden which features roses. The water for the garden is collected underground from the car park,so that always the gardens are a picture. Even through the drought period. The old church has some additional buildings to it now - quite different to what it was when it was built.
Funny, it is almost opposite a spectacular Hindu temple - slightly weird in suburban Adelaide.
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