Market Market Market!

Another few days = a little better at understanding Thai- wooo!  But really, trying to read is quite the puzzle.  It's pretty fun though, even if it takes me forever.  Other exciting news: Mae Mame taught me to do my laundry, but I have to say, I am not sure that round one of handwashing really benefited my clothes...  It's a work in progress.

Yesterday, we had language class in the morning and then went on a field trip in the afternoon! We ate lunch at a traditional Northern thai restaurant (sticky rice is essential), checked out the Chiang Mai art / history museum, and then hit up the market for a scavenger hunt.  The items on our list were written in Thai, so we had to ask people to tell us what is was and tell us where to find it.  Problem is trying to understand them.  Sometimes, random old ladies took our papers and led us to the right place (often a strange food to try, i.e. fried bamboo worms).  So many fun foods!

The other night, I brought out the banjolele and Paw Nong played his guitar and we had a little family band! I tried to play along with his thai songs, but I have some serious learning to do... It was some good family bonding time though (especially since it didn't require too much cross-language communication).

Well, I am off to class again before lunch. Thai thai for now!

Hannah