The epidemic that started this year has kept us at home for half a year. Due to the balance between work and family, I never had time to plan a trip. This time, I took Doreen on a self-driving tour before the National Day holiday to choose a city to visit. I searched for many high-quality B & Bs that were relatively close to the Internet, and finally chose Lost Villa Jinxi Store in Jijiadun, which I had never heard of before. Because Doreen is still young, Suzhou, which is an hour and a half drive away, is very suitable.

Surrounding recommendations

Taolu Pottery/Pan Carpenter Workshop

Jinxi Ancient Town/Zhouzhuang Ancient Town

Yidiantian Parent-Child Farm/Zhouzhuang Green Paradise

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Must for 2-year-old baby for self-driving travel

Cotton towel/wet towel/water cup/kettle

Bottle/milk powder/bowl spoon/bib/complementary food/mineral water

Cart/Mosquito Spray/Portable Bath/Portable Toilet

Shampoo/Body Wash/Towel/Body Lotion/Diapers

Slippers/change of clothes/coverts/toys/books

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My favorite B & B, my favorite humanities,

Love this moment.

I improvised a Tibetan poem:

bigStart our journey first when the earth enters autumn,

leI forgot to hear it in it.

ofPeople and things know my heart,

wildTraveling in the countryside and listening to the birds.

Lost Villa，Finding You，

In the wild of great joy, I look forward to meeting you again.

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It has been raining continuously for half a month, and it will clear up in a few days. As the home of Tujia Meisu, I booked a B & B on the Tujia app. Before traveling, the housekeeper of the B & B called to inform me of the specific location. Because in the relatively remote countryside, there are many fork roads and it is relatively difficult to find, he specially sent real-time photos to tell me how to identify the way.

In fact, when you enter the village, you will see the road signs and find the B & B. The housekeeper comes to help us with our luggage. It is very considerate and checks in quickly at the front desk. The B & B is located in the countryside and forests. It is peaceful to walk around. The houses are all single-family and independent entrances along the river. Anti-mosquito measures should be taken for your baby.

Basically, all the B & Bs we stayed in were booked on Tujia.com. This time, we booked a comfortable queen bed room. The room was relatively spacious. Because we were taking care of the baby, the housekeeper asked me in advance if I needed to prepare a crib or bed rail. After installing it, it was safer and more secure.

The decoration design in the room is very simple, and most of the furniture is wood color, which is close to nature and feels very comfortable.

Even if you go out at night, flashlights are equipped on the walls. In the countryside, the lights are basically turned off at night, so it is safer to go out with a flashlight. The bathroom in the room has a relatively large space, separated from dry and wet, and is clean and sanitary.

There is an open-air balcony outside each room, which is very comfortable. I heard that the opposite side used to be an old house in the village, and now it is also renovating a B & B, but it is still good and not noisy.

In the evening, after taking a nap in the B & B coffee bar, we walked around. This is a co-creation cluster of rural life. There have been some boutique B & Bs opened here. Many tourists from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai come here for weekends and group construction.

Shuttling through the fields, you can see the beauty of Jiangnan water towns every step you walk. You can see ducks playing in the river from time to time. The village is still under construction, and the supporting facilities for playing should be more complete in two years.

If you have enough time, you can experience some handicrafts in the village, such as Taolu Pottery or Pancarpentry Workshop.

After doing guides at home, we booked in advance the highly rated Shuguo Restaurant in the village. On the small bridge and flowing water, many locals also ate here. We ordered the special preserved eggs with chopped pepper, sweet-scented osmanthus and red bean dumplings, Sugar-style sauce duck, and stone pot chicken.

It wasn't eight o'clock even after dinner, and it was not a weekend. The countryside was very peaceful. We bought a snack and returned to the room, watched cartoons with Doreen, looked up at the empty sky on the balcony, and enjoyed the approaching autumn.

The next morning, the sun between the curtains awakened our sleepy eyes and went to the restaurant to enjoy the breakfast buffet.

There are three kinds of noodles to choose from: shredded pork noodles with vegetables, tomato and egg noodles, and smoked fish noodles. Customers who see reviews on various platforms praise the delicious food.

After dinner, Doreen had a great time in the children's playground here on a beautiful morning. Jijiadun's rural flavor reminded me of my grandmother's house, familiar with warmth and relaxation.

After checking out at noon, we drove for 15 minutes to the surrounding Jinxi Ancient Town, which retained the charm of ancient architectural characteristics of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The environments of several restaurants I looked at online before were not very good. Later, I discovered that there were restaurants with beautiful scenery all the way to the ancient town. Choosing one was very pleasing to the eye.

While tasting the delicious food, we ended the journey. For me, a new mother, the journey with a baby is getting more and more interesting.