Saturday, February 8, 2014

Chinese New Year



















 Last Sunday I headed into the city for Chinese New Year & it was completely mental!  First my family & I met up to go eat dim sum (try the mung bean cakes) & I also got a mango boba tea.  Then off to the streets we went to wait for the festivities. The dragons dance their way around jam-packed streets & firecrackers ruptured in every direction. 
We usually make a quick trip to a Vietnamese market whenever we're in the city & the shopping center was setting off firecrackers - which they've never done before.  There were about twenty shopping carts with endless strings of firecrackers.  We ended up waiting two hours to see them & the wait was completely worth it!  In total four strings of explosives were lit.  An endless cacophony of sparking droned on & on.  By the end of the day my ears were tingling with a constant ringing sound.  Have any of you ever gone to Chinatown to celebrate Chinese New Year?  Comment down below on your experiences.  I always tell people they should...it's really something worth seeing...& going a little bit death over!


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