They Check In But They Don't Check Out

[FLASHBACK]

Monday, January 26th

The streets are completely empty today, as it's the first day of Chinese New Year. Everyone has today and tomorrow off and are home eating lots of dumplings with their families. David has the week off too, but since I'm on US time, I have to work today. I was keeping busy checking emails, approving documents, researching the background of the... WHAT IS THAT INFERNAL RACKET????


Well, it was this:

Ah, a dragon troupe. I missed most of the dance part, but I caught the end.





And here's the guys climbing back in the truck to go back banging down the next street. You could hear these guys blocks away.

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You know how the only restraunts that are open Christmas Day in the US are Chinese? Well, here, the only restraunts open on Chinese New Years Day are - you guessed it - American. Or Austrailian. Western/European food, anyway. We had French food for dinner.

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To top off the fun for the day, later that evening, I spied this on my bathroom counter:



Okay, maybe it wasn't that big, but the one I saw wasn't tiny. This guy was thie size that I didn't even want to squish because of the mess it might make. I had to kill it, though, otherwise I'd worry that after I'd fall asleep it would fall from the ceiling and scuttle down my windpipe. The next day David found another one (dead this time) in Millie's food. "It wasn't that big though." he said, holding his fingers a good two inches apart.


But come visit! Really!