lantern festival

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it was a day of admin with me trying to work out international money things (concluding our ‘wealth’ is more dependent on exchange rates than UK or NZ bank interest rates).  meanwhile kezia went to a party and jane helped esther sort out her camp things for monday. 

the rest of the day was spent getting ready for tomorrow’s tryathlon for the girls

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then, this evening we went to the chinese lantern festival which provided many great photo opportunities.  most of the sculptures are lanterns but were easier to photo in the daylight rather than the dark.  not least because it got so busy you couldn’t stand still to take photos !

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