We headed to Bangkok for a weekend of birthday celebrations. We met up with some of the other teachers from our TESOL course on Khao San road (backpackers paradise, in other words cheap hostels, cheap food, clothing vendors, and bars). After a long bus ride and a mix up with our hotel we finally got dinner around 9:00. After being in Chaiyaphum for 2 months the idea of pizza was impossible to resist. We then went to meet up with everyone and celebrate our friend Sara’s birthday. Saturday we woke up and ate brunch and decided to head to the markets on the other end of Bangkok. After a boat taxi and sky train ride we finally made it with less than two hours to walk around since we had a reservation for dinner. We probably managed to see about a tenth of what there was to see at the markets but it was plenty with the crowds and heat. For dinner Dylan took me to a wine bar that had a Saturday deal all you can eat tapas and a bottle of wine. You would think with this kind of deal they would try to get you in and out as quickly as possible and we weren’t sure the tapas would really fill us up. It was the exact opposite. The waiter made sure to check on us after every dish came out and would encourage us to keep ordering more. After goat cheese, apple walnut salad, tuna, asparagus wrapped in bacon and many more tapas we couldn’t possibly eat any more; this is when the servers come out with a half a cheesecake and sing Happy Birthday. It was the perfect place for my birthday, exactly what I wanted. Afterwards we walked around Bangkok center and it started to feel a little bit like Christmas with all the decorations and then we met up with our friends. On Sunday we had a hard time leaving and ended up taking a late bus in evening but it was totally worth it, such a fun weekend.
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