Happy Year of the Snake!

Room with a View 

(7pm, no early birds but us!)

It's that time of year in China again; "fire frackers" time.

We set out before heading to bed, in order to make a few small 'fracker' purchases, but we knew there would be no need. The residents of Shanghai do not disappoint and the whole city is ablaze by 11:30pm.

As soon as O hears a bang, she sits right up in bed, throws her arms in the air and screams "I'm happy!"

Daddy lighting off our meager purchase...

...blasting outside our bedroom window!

And at exactly 11:30, the city was showing us up with their amazing display's; giant stacks of 'boom' boxes and long trails of loud crackers, welcoming the Year of the Snake.

O slept right through it for the third year in a row!

Miraculous!