Day 15 - Jhongli

The wind-down weekend begins as we have returned to Taiwan. Back at Yvonne's family home to share in the preparation and experience Chinese New Year (CNY).

Today we went into the centre of the town, to look at the computer shops and a general browse, with the intention of finally getting to the cinema to watch a movie. When we almost got to the cinema we were invited to go to the supermarket with Yvonne's parents to do shopping for the CNY. One of traditions when visiting friends and family is to take a gift, so the store was rife with cakes, biscuits and candies prettily packaged - and they were flying off the shelves ... We also bought a lot of snacks and candies for our own consumption, from what I understand, CNY is a time of family and friends coming together, prayer, eating and playing Mahjong.

I absolutely love going to supermakrkets (the bigger the better) in foreign countries as it really gives you a snapshot of how the household functions by the different offerings available and it is also interesting to see things that you don't see in Australia.

After all this excitement we decied not to see a movie and went home instead. Tried to get an early night in to try and get over this cold.