Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

Got invited by Xujia to join her and her mom for some awesome home-made 饺子 (dumplings) for the mid-autumn festival!


And of course, mooncake!


Then afterwards, the three of us walked around Houhai and enjoyed the new moon (as well as the hordes upon hordes of other people who also thought this would be a good idea). Nonetheless, it was pretty awesome.

Xujia's mom was pretty awesome, and a really sweet lady. Not going to lie, kinda wish she lived in Beijing so she could teach me how to make some great homemade dumplings. I guess this gives me an excuse to hop over to Qingdao? I mean not that seeing the Tsingtao brewery wasn't enough of a reason to begin with...

All in all, a really cool and traditional Mid-Autumn Festival, and I'm glad I got to celebrate it in a very Chinese way (oh and in China too, haha). Seeing the festivities for this holiday makes me really excited about Chinese New Years next fall, its going to be ridiculous!

Later that night, I get this email from my aunt, and apparently this was what I missed out on back home:

Good stuff! Chinese holidays rock.