Hong Kong- Monday Night and Tuesday Morning

Good morning! It is about 9:30 here on Tuesday morning in Hong Kong, and it is Monday night, around 6:30 back home. It really does feel funny to be on a totally different day. After our long flight, however, it was really nice to know that a good night's sleep wasn't far away. I can only describe the flight as this- the whole time, you are counting down the hours. With about 10 hours to go, you think, okay, 10 more hours, okay, that makes sense. Wow, 10 hours. What am I going to do with 10 more hours!! At only 4 hours left you are starting to see the light, however, you're still thinking, wow 4 more hours!? With only and hour and a half left, they served a final meal... and you are kind of thinking 'We made it! We made it!!' I wasn't sure if I wanted to eat that meal, but it is a good thing that we did, because it took a while to get through immigration and get our bags, pick up some Hong Kong dollars, flag a red/urban taxi, speed through the streets on the left side (a little unnerving), pass enormous buildings with all kinds of different light effects, to arrive at our sparkly hotel. Everyone is sooo nice. Everyone is 100% agreeable. Even in negotiations, they say that they will agree with you until the end when you realize that you are at an impasse. So it is interesting. It is strange to turn on the tv and see that there are American stations, but there's a lot of other ones too.

This morning we ordered room service, and it was impeccable. It was classic English breakfast, 2 eggs poached, sausage, ham, and fresh tomatoes, fresh fruit- papaya, pineapple, kiwi, strawberries, cantaloupe and honeydew, chocolate croissants, tea, coffee, and orange juice. I should have taken pictures of it, but we couldn't help ourselves... We dug in. I can't upload pictures here, so I might have to wait to share images when I get back. The guy who brought it all up was so cute. He was so nice and he had such an attention to detail. He poured the tea into a small strainer, swirled it around to get the last drops out, placed everything perfectly by the window -which we left closed, considering it looks directly into an office building! There was even two cute little glass containers of lemon yogurt, which we have saved for later in our room fridge. He asked about our visit in Hong Kong, to which we replied, "Our first time!" and he asked if it was a little "buggy" for us, but I think that meant "muggy" which it is! A little hot and humid, in the high 80s with a lot of humidity.

Chris' office is right across the street, and accesible by an overpass from our hotel, which is really nice. They keep showing views of the harbour on tv this morning, and I just think the city is beautiful. You have to like high-rises, but it is really stunning. It was quite impressive as we flew overhead last night. We are looking forward to what the city will reveal on our first full day here. I have a couple things on my agenda. 1. Finding some shopping- There is "shopping" near our hotel, Prada, Chanel, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels... so I will have to find some other shopping as well! 2. Staying close as possible, I won't be venturing too far until we can go together. Hope your Monday was wonderful!