TEFL and flowers

Having completed my first week of the TEFL course which included lots of written homework, it was nice to have some down time this weekend.
On Friday night a few of us went out for a few beers (some a few more than others) I bailed out by 11pm but 3 of them continued until 3.30am and all felt most unwell on saturday.
I was bright eyed and bushy tailed and went off into town and then spent the late part of the day reading my epic 940 page novel 'Shantaram' a true story of a guy who escapes a New Zealand prison and ends up in Bombay,  and among other things, ends up living in the slums. I am only up to page 200 but it is a really good read so far.
And so today, a lovely girl called Kay from Derby and I met at 9am this morning and went into the old town of Chiang Mai to have a walk around the annual flower festival.
The main event was yestarday morning where they have a 2 hour procession thru town with amazing flower girls and floats.
Luckily the floats were there albeit stationary, but it meant we got to see them close up.
The intricacy was amazing, thousands upon thousands of flower heads stuck onto polystyrene figures with pins, all done by hand.
Rather than trying to describe it I will let the photos do the talking.

Remember, these are all made from individual flower heards put on by hand

Close up

 And now for something a little bit random, these knitted pieces were to promote a wool shop, they were really great and so original

 Yup, they had even knitted sox for a tree trunk and its branches,

and of course, the obligatory food pics..

My favourite one.

I have to say, it was a lovely day, the weather was perfect, there was a wonderful flower and plantmarket as well as hundreds of other stalls selling just about everything.

We enjoyed a late brunch and then both had a relaxing one hour Thai massage in a lovely place with fans to cool us, complete with soothing music and a sweet cup of  Thai tea afterwards for a little over £3 each, amazing value!

Back to class tomorrow, I don't relish it as we have 3 days of grammar and 2 more classes to plan for and teach, but I will give it my best...