Chinese new year parade 2013 and 2014

Pardon, pardon, pardon! 3 pasintabi sa aking kambal na post na super late sa chinese new year parade here in 13th arrondissement. Let's see first the year 2013, since we were in the area we decided to eat in one of our favorite vietnamese restaurant. We had lunch first before heading up the défilé and since one year ago ito bago na post i forgot kung ano na yung mga kinain namin basta what i remembered as a starter...

raviolis na super yummy

and noodle soup :)

ang dameng tao as usual and halos di ka makatawid sa kabilang kanto

sarado ang daan talagang para sa parada lang ( patapos na yan )

hellow

dragon dance

balloons --- they're giving away balloons for free ( one of the biggest asian store Tang Frères ) so we obliged  to line up and waited long time

fascinated with her balloons??? as many kids do
Now 2014! the parade was held last sunday February 9 ;)

 we waited along place d'italie

 the beginning of the parade

 hellow again

even i , gets balloon for free .. but Bibingclara's dinosaur balloon bought by Claudebiko

uwian time.. It was nice and enjoyable seeing the dragon dance. well, we will see if we will be able to be present again for the chinese new year parade 2015. Maybe we will be in China hmm.. charot!