City Pioneer

Gung Hay Fat Choy

Sometimes I just love living in this city. We walked from home down to Chinatown in Vancouver yesterday. That's about a 30 minute walk, and it is downhill all the way. There we joined the thousands of people there for the Chinese New Year parade. What a riot of sound and colour.

As we munched on our bean rice cakes, bought fresh from the bakery, we saw a parade of World War II veterans, politicians, martial arts specialists, many dragons and lions and hordes of young girls of all ages, all dressed in traditional costume twirling things.

What a riot. We also picked up some Chinese candy and a bit of vegetable for dinner. All this for the huge price of nothing. (except I guess our taxes)

Then we walked uphill back home and left the firecrackers and gongs behind for another year.

What a place to live.

posted by Deb @ 10:34 PM