Anyway . . . For Christmas, Ben's parents transferred some money into his bank account so we could go out and have a nice meal together. (Thank you, Nancy and Darrell Wayne!) Last night, we decided to have our nice Christmas meal at a Thai restaurant near Binjiang Dao, one of the major shopping streets in the city. Thai food may not sound like traditional Christmas fare, and I'll admit, it didn't exactly conjure up images of home and holidays for us either. But I have to say it really hit the spot. It was delicious!
Afterward, we treated ourselves to coffee at one of the many nearby Starbucks (there are three within a couple blocks of each other in the Binjiang Dao area), and then we further treated ourselves to a half dozen donuts from a little shop next to the Starbucks of our choice. There was a lot of self-treating going on last night.
Here are a few shots from our evening:
Ben, his pre-dinner gin and tonic, and our first dish.
We almost forgot to take a picture of our meal: Green curry with beef, Pad Thai, and yet-unidentified green vegetables that I love.
View of Nanjing Lu, the main road that runs through the area.
Binjiang Dao, a walking/shopping street: no cars allowed.
Catholic church at the end of Binjiang Dao. This was erected by the French in 1917.
I think that's the end of our Merry Christmas in Tianjin series. We will now return to our regularly scheduled programming . . .
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