The First Full Weekend

Saturday was our first day out and about in Yangon.  As it happened it was a beautiful day and so we were able to walk around without using our  umbrellas. Yay!  And without getting dirty feet. Double Yay!  When we left the hall we saw this adorable girl selling grapes:

These twins were so cute:

We saw our first REAL game of Basketball:

As we walked we discovered a Myanmar Muffler Shop:

Just pull up on the curb and they will take care of you right away.  No waiting.  There are stores like this all over the city.

Here are some pictures we took as we wandered:

 Thought of Zak with this pic:

All the furniture is hardwood.  Solid.  Makes it so heavy.

We went with some friends while they did their shopping and we learned some good places to buy stuff.  You can get so many things like you can at home.  Even Haagen Daaz ice cream.  We won't be purchasing that though because it's a little out of our budget.  Try 16 bucks a pint. A PINT people!  No way!   We did pick up some bargain priced movies though!

Here we are at the end of a great morning:

In the evening we went to House 5 which is where some other people live.  Our friend Allison made a Thai Green Curry that was amazing and our friend Rachel made a Mango Pineapple Sponge Cake.  Yum!

Saturday and Sunday were our first days of seeing rats.  We saw lots of rats.  All dead though.   One just outside our door when we were coming home.  He had just appeared there. So we got as close of an inspection as we would want. It kind of concerns me because I'm wondering what is causing the RATS to fall over in these random public places? Maybe people left bait out? Oh well. 

Sunday we slept in, had pancakes again.  Yumo!  Went to meeting and afterward I spent the evening in the kitchen making dinner and cookies.  FYI: don't try to pick up a cookie with jam in it fresh from the oven.  It MAY burn and leave a blister.  It just MAY!  I nursed that on ice while watching some TV show we had bought earlier.

Well that was our first weekend folks.  Hope you are all well!  Miss you!