Winter Vacation: the Lunar New Year

In this winter vacation, accompanying the Lunar New Year, my whole family took the train to Banciao(板橋), where my maternal grandpa and grandma live. On the New Year’s Eve, all the members of my maternal family gathered to enjoy a reunion dinner, and the elders gave red envelopes to the young including me.
The first day of Lunar New Year, I window-shopped at a department store (FE21’) with my sister and my cousin. The second day, all the family went to Shihmen Dam(石門水庫) by car. We rented six bicycles to ride down the lane; then we went to a wide lawn to fly kites. At noon, we ate lunch at a fish restaurant whose specialty of Shihmen Dam is known. The third day, I did the shopping with my cousins at Hsimending(西門町). The fourth day, the elders took children to Tamsui(淡水) by rapid transit system. There were huge crowds of people, and we inched through the teeming street. The fifth day, my uncle treated all the family to the Taoban Restaurant(陶板屋). And the sixth day, I left for Tainan first for working part-time.
The weather in Taipei was colder and wetter than that in Tainan; therefore, I also got cold which made me have a sore throat and stuffy nose. Even so, I had fun amusedly as ever. In these days, we lived in my uncle’s house, and my aunties prepared hearty cuisine for us at home; everyone is enthusiastically treating us. I thank God for my own flesh and blood.