Well, last Friday (6th October) was China's Mid-Autumn festival.

For weeks now the shops have been selling "Moon cakes" in the lead to this festival. These are small, round, I guess 'moon shaped' pastries filled with a variety of different fillings. I think traditionally the filling was salted egg but these days you get everything from red-bean paste to strawberry and pineapple flavoured.

On the night of the moon festival people have dinner with their families, eat moon cakes and stay up and look at the moon.

I have to say this year I didn't even eat one moon cake and it was so hazy on Friday night we couldn't spot the moon.....


Mooncake (this one is decorated with flowers). Photo by Kurt Groetsch thanks to flickr.