Learning Thai

One of my birthday wishes for my 34th birthday on Monday was a fish massage. I have been wanting to try one for a long time as I keep seeing signs around town and couldn't imagine what a fish massage would be like! :) We found a place here in our neighborhood that has a little spa area in the upstairs of their house (now mostly defunct. They appeared to be more or less out of business, but still kindly let us use the fish tank). The Thai name for the fish is gala (google says they are small carp??) and they nibble the dry/dead skin from your feet. The fish were maybe two inches long and there were hundreds of them in the stone tank. They swarmed to Tom, so apparently he has the most dry skin on his feet. :) I would say the sensation is like when your foot falls asleep and then wakes up prickly- it's very ticklish- a bit like a mild electrical shock too. It took a little getting used to but them felt pretty relaxing.

We also got to meet the family's pet parrot and Claire made good friends with him (Eliza was terrified after her run-in with our neighbor's parrot!).

Thanks for all the birthday notes and mail! It was a great one!
-love, Candice