Sunday was Chinese New Year - This was rung in by super crowded grocery stores (which are rumored to be closed so you must stock up - but in reality they just open late so stocked up for nothing...), and late night firecrackers set off just beneath my window (or so it seemed).
We celebrated by eating at one of Maxime's Hotel restaurants - Shanghai Pavilion- and watching the drum performance and lion dance in the lobby of his hotel. At school Henri was taught to say "Gong Xi" with his little hangs clasped, tilting up and down - which is short of Gong xi fa cai (Happy New Year) - and it works a lot like "trick-or-treat" - people say it to potential gift givers - but instead of candy you get a red envelope with some kind of gift in it (lottery ticket, cold coin chocolates, gift certificates, real money). My least favorite thing about CNY is that many businesses shut down - including schools... for a week.
Here are a few pics from our time at the hotel yesterday:
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| Looking out over Taipei |
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| Henri and Tristyn playing in the breeze |
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| Getting comfi watching the drummers |
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| The lions |
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| Hen and Jacie hanging out in the lobby after the show |
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