Party of 4 on the move: Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year - Year of the Rabbit

What to do for your first real Chinese New Year (CNY – for short)?

That was a question that we got asked a lot this past year. We decided that we would stay home for the first time.

As soon as the January 3^rd hit, the Christmas decorations were down and the CNY decorations went up. It was really a beautiful sight as almost all the decorations were red and gold.

Tuesday

We hit the Flower Market at Victoria Park.

Such beautiful Orchids

Mandarin Trees - Very Lucky

Lucky Money envelopes - Red Pockets as they are known here.

It's the year of the Rabbit

All these people gathered around -- for what?

That's right ... to learn how to fold a shirt.

Thursday

Jonathan had the day off work, so we just bummed around the house a bit while he studied for the first part of the CMA exam that he will take at the end of February. That night HK has a big parade in TST.

We chose to eat dinner out, and found a cute little café in Pacific Place (a mall). After taking the MTR and chosing an exit, we found our way to the street.

Here are pictures of the crowded parade route.