Ahh... forgot to mention... I get in Shanghai on a Thursday afternoon and out on a Saturday morning in April. I have dinner plans on Friday night, so a day trip is the most I can do on Friday. Just need to find some things on Thursday not too far away.

I have been to surrounding places like Wuzhen, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Ningbo, and a few more smaller cities and towns near Suzhou.