Friday Floating Markets & More

Friday was our last day of Thai language & culture class and yes, I passed the test so I am now officially TESOL certified. After class our teacher, Glory Jam, took us out for sushi. It was absolutely fabulous! And there was ice cream (i-dtim in Thai) for dessert. I also tried some chrysanthemum juice to drink- very sweet!
After our graduation lunch we went to the Pattaya floating market. We were pretty upset when we got there because our teacher told us it was 250 B to get in, but what we didn't realize was that the cost of a boat wasn't included so that was an additional 800 B per person.
We opted to just walk which actually turned out great! There are tons of shops, most of which you can't access from the river, so we were able to see a lot more than we would have (also we were in the shade for most of it which was a huge plus!) There was some live entertainment coming down the river however, so we stopped to listen to the boat musicians. There are really low bridges along the river so as the boat of musicians gets close they all sit down and glide under and then stand back up on the other side. It's really neat to watch. There were also options to feed goats and coy fish. It was funny to watch kids feed the coy fish because they used a baby bottle filled with milk attached to a fishing pole. While walking we encountered a Thai high school (called mattayom) field trip. The students interviewed us and asked us a lot of questions in English. I was excited because we had also learned these questions in Thai, so I was answering in English and then responding to the students in Thai to practice. They thought that was pretty funny. They took pictures with us and asked for our facebook names so now I have a bunch of friend requests pending from names I couldn't pronounce to save my life.
That evening we all went for dinner at our favorite gyros place. Mario's son was making the gyros this time. He definitely hasn't had as much practice because as he was shaving the chicken he sent it flying. I was showered with tons of tiny shredded chicken pieces. #straydogsbelovinmeallnight
We hit up a pretty chill wine bar and then went to our fav spot, Coffee & Beer, for one last round on our last night in Pattaya.