Floral Hotel Sushun

In the "Moonlight in the Window●String Thoughts King Room" of Huazhu Suzhou Sushun B&B, I encountered the most gentle whispers of Suzhou at night. The window was half-closed, and the moonlight poured like water between the plain bed curtains. The uneven black tiles outside the window outlined the outline of the sky. The copper bells hanging on the eaves rang softly in the wind, as if responding to the faint Pingtan sound from Pingjiang Road in the distance. The room is based on light gray and moon white. A lattice window brings the beauty of the garden into the room. In a trance, I couldn't tell whether it was the moon reflecting on the window or the window embracing the moon. The B&B is hidden in the bustling market of Guanqian Street, but it has its own quietness. Open the wooden door in the morning, the bluestone alleys meander towards the oars and lights of Pingjiang Road, the winding corridors of the Humble Administrator's Garden, and the rugged lake stones of the Lion Grove are all within walking distance. The housekeeper always finds the perfect balance between bustle and quietness - recommending the Couple Garden at 6am without crowds, or the Books and Mutton Restaurant in the old neighborhood at dusk, as if holding the invisible key to the secrets of Suzhou. I love sitting alone by the window in the dead of night, watching the moonlight silvering the eaves of the old house, and the music box-like wind chimes and bamboo shadows playing together to fall asleep. If Suzhou is an unfinished poem, this room is the rhyme that is about to be said, turning the oriental aesthetics of "the moon comes and the wind comes" into an elegance that is within reach by the pillow. There is no need to ask the meaning of travel. When the first ray of morning light penetrates the carved lattice, the answer has already been written between the swaying bamboo curtains.