Old Town near Yu an Gardens

I took the subway to Yu an Gardens but did not know how to get there. Followed the crowds (it was Sunday) and found the “Old Town” shopping district, and saw signs to the garden. After much ambling I found it, so I can take the boys here.

Shopping street
All the building look like this in Old Town
Side of a building
It is a tea house above
Making my way through the crowd on the “zig zag” bridge that leads to ticket sales for Yu an Gardens

 

My Chinese friends were surprised I went here on a Sunday. They all said, “Oh, too many people. Go on a weekday.”

This boat is in the lake with huge koi. The black birds hunting for koi bigger than themselves are stuffed.
Rebuilt in the original style
Entrance to the actual YuYuan Gardents
This is called Old Town, but the metro stop is called Yuyuan Gardens, pronounced EW-You-wan Gardens.