Thursday, April 2, 2009

March 15




We headed down to Coloane, the farthest point at the end of Macau. We rode in a bus first, then in her friend's family car with the grandmother, husband and wife. They sent me out to the garden with Anna's friend and her 84 year old mother, where we picked beautiful lettuce (111), while Anna and her friend's husband were inside cooking up a wonderful dinner. I also was outside with Anna while she washed and rinsed the lettuce and other greens many times. Soon the son of the family arrived with his eight month old son and his and his mother-in-law. The son also joined in the cooking. A little while later, the daughter-in-law and the grandfather arrived, so we now had four generations of the family in the house on the original farm - one of the few small farms left in Macau. Most of the family now lives in the central part of Macau, but they come to Coloane for special occasions and just to enjoy this beautiful spot.