Chinese New Year - China & Beyond (Stories, Food, and Noise) - Dispatch 006

My boss and friend, Shaun, had us over to his in-laws house for the New Year. Beautiful home. Great food. Really nice time. After 8PM, people start going off with fireworks. We jumped outside and lit a few off ourselves, watched as others bounced shells off cars, windows. Hopped in and out of the CCTV NYE gala special. The parents watched as they made dumplings on their bed for midnight. Shaun's wife drove us around, past the cold unlucky who waited for taxi's that would no doubt take forever to come, or even be going their way. She stuck her head out of the window and flagged one down for us, and off we went. We have the rest of the week off, so we're rolling ahead on all the other cylinders. A great couple of days.

Signs of summer.