getting ready for Tet (New Years)

The week of January 9-14th saw the city start to decorate.  Blossom trees and red lanterns are everywhere.  There are so many lights on arches over the streets that the city should be visible from outer space.

Friday evening we went downtown for dinner at a lovely Italian restaurant.  Frank had a truffle infused pasta and I had gnocchi in a rich pesto sauce.  Dessert of course and a a few glasses of Sicilian wine.  Saturday was interview day at work and in the late afternoon back home we had a thunder storm roll through.  It has not rained in a while and so it was a refreshing break.

On our patio with afternoon tapas while the sky was our entertainment.  Tomorrow we have a belated Christmas party at the principals' (2 of them - not a typo) place - Turkey and fixings and bring a bathing suit.

More decorations