Monday April 28-Thursday May 1
Nick seems to be adored by the Chinese. Whenever we go out, at least a few people reach out to touch his hair or face. He hates being touched by people and reacts so negatively it’s almost embarrassing. A few people have even asked to see his eyes. Guess blue eyes/blonde hair are rare here. I’ve told him that he doesn’t have to talk to strangers (who making clicking noises at him), but that it would be really nice if he could smile and wave every now and then rather than scowl at anyone who want to get his attention.
Nick and Grammy visited the Zoological Garden again, and finally found the monkeys! Apparently the monkeys are deep within the garden and they hadn’t walked far enough in to see them last week.
Lunch with Jill and Emily on Friday. Went to a tea house that was a few stories up off the street. The city really is built up. I tend to look for places street level and realize that I’m missing entire restaurants, stores, etc that are above. Enjoyed awesome vegetable dumplings that were in a soup with thin noodles. Totally butchered eating the long, broccoli-like things with chopsticks. They were awkward to hold and then I couldn’t keep my chopsticks on them as I tugged to get through the tough part. We had a drink made of lime and honey. Kinda icey. Amazingly good. It was cloudy, so maybe some milk in it too? These are the sorts of things you later learn have 1000 calories.
You’ve heard my issues with the electricity/voltage here. I haven't blown up anything yet, but have had a few close calls. Well, to turn on the hot water or stove, you need to turn on a little switch before. I’m not sure why hot water isn’t continually running. And these switches, along with the light switches, are teeny tiny little things. So to turn the lights on/off, we end up flipping all the switches just to find the right one. I waited about 5 minutes for water to boil the other night before realizing that I hadn’t turned on the “heat” switch before turning on the burner.
Nick seems to be adored by the Chinese. Whenever we go out, at least a few people reach out to touch his hair or face. He hates being touched by people and reacts so negatively it’s almost embarrassing. A few people have even asked to see his eyes. Guess blue eyes/blonde hair are rare here. I’ve told him that he doesn’t have to talk to strangers (who making clicking noises at him), but that it would be really nice if he could smile and wave every now and then rather than scowl at anyone who want to get his attention.
Nick and Grammy visited the Zoological Garden again, and finally found the monkeys! Apparently the monkeys are deep within the garden and they hadn’t walked far enough in to see them last week.
Lunch with Jill and Emily on Friday. Went to a tea house that was a few stories up off the street. The city really is built up. I tend to look for places street level and realize that I’m missing entire restaurants, stores, etc that are above. Enjoyed awesome vegetable dumplings that were in a soup with thin noodles. Totally butchered eating the long, broccoli-like things with chopsticks. They were awkward to hold and then I couldn’t keep my chopsticks on them as I tugged to get through the tough part. We had a drink made of lime and honey. Kinda icey. Amazingly good. It was cloudy, so maybe some milk in it too? These are the sorts of things you later learn have 1000 calories.
You’ve heard my issues with the electricity/voltage here. I haven't blown up anything yet, but have had a few close calls. Well, to turn on the hot water or stove, you need to turn on a little switch before. I’m not sure why hot water isn’t continually running. And these switches, along with the light switches, are teeny tiny little things. So to turn the lights on/off, we end up flipping all the switches just to find the right one. I waited about 5 minutes for water to boil the other night before realizing that I hadn’t turned on the “heat” switch before turning on the burner.
May 1st is Labor Day in Hong Kong, so no work! That means more exploring! We started with dim sum for lunch. Little place that's been around for a hundred years. Menu was all in chinese and you were supposed to mark the entrees you were interested in. Well, we didn't know where to start. Luckily they finally brought us an English menu. Mary didn't understand the concept of dim sum/sharing and ordered all pork dishes. Which is fine unless your dining mates don't eat pork. Live and learn. Below is a photo of Nick and Mary in one of the private booths. Beautiful wood and frosted/etched glass panels. Mary went on to go shopping and Nick and I walked around a bit before heading home for nap time.
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