Monday, 28 October 2013

a parade and a ride

Since yesterday we are officially in the country for more than 3 months so now we are allowed to drive anywhere we want (during the last month we were asked to stay within our neighborhood) - oh glorious freedom!!!

So we drove downtown (at some point I was sure one of the busses was going to hit Erlend - we are living on the edge here :-)) went shopping, to the post office (your package is on its way, Marte!) and watched a parade down the main street. 

we walked down the street to find a good spot to watch the parade from (which we never really found) 
as we heard people calling our names (we were so excited that finally we KNOW people in this town) - it was the ladies who dressed us up as brides last week, now showing off their makeup, hair and dressing skills on themselves

 there were some funky creations in the parade and who would have know that you could meet what looks like a Roman soldier here

 No, it did not rain, the umbrellas are for some much needed shade

we did something that seems to be culturally very appropriate - 
we bought a fried quail egg snack - so good! 
I realized after we had bought it, that only kids seemed to eat it tough… oops! 

 anything to get a better view

in the evening a friend invited us & some other girls to go on a ride to the rice fields - it was awesome! 

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