It’s (Still...) Chinese New Year!

Ok, so these are pictures taken of the lantern festival, which is the last stage of the Chinese New Year celebration, which is now well into its third week. Fireworks are still going off! But I think that last night was the grand finale (we’ll see tonight.) I went to the festival with Matt, from work, and my old Chinese teacher, who is his new Chinese teacher! The lantern festival, in theory, would have been a really fun time, but winds were gusting around 40 miles an hour, and it was sooo cooold!!! We did have fun, but it was a kind of hurried fun. We walked briskly through the sights, took some good pictures, and then went to Peter’s Tex-Mex for dinner and hot chocolate. Here are the results of my trip to the lantern festival. Brrrr!!!