Happy Chinese New Year (2)
As I explained would be the case in an earlier posting, today Vee and I joined our wonderful Chinese ‘family’ – Zhihao, Hua and Joshua (almost 4) – in celebration of the Chinese New Year in central London.
We were in Trafalgar Square for the noon explosion of hundreds and hundreds of firecrackers, but there were so many people crammed into the square that we found we could not move and had to make a slow retreat. Round the corner in Chinatown, the ‘jumping’ lion and clashing symbols soon meant that we could barely move there either.
But Zhihao had booked us a meal at the “New China” restaurant which was heaving with customers with many more quequeing for a meal. We had five dishes with rice for a delicious lunch. We decided to move somewhere quieter for dessert and found a good Italian place off Tottenham Court Road.
Of course, Tottenham Court Road is known for its electronics shops and Hua acted as my technical adviser for the purchase of a new camera before our forthcoming holiday. I bought a Sony DSC-W380 for a good price.
So, all in all, a really fun day.
Who is that funny man in the scarf?
Joshua makes a new friend in Trafalgar Square
Vee, Hua, Zhihao & Joshua in Chinatown