Sunday, April 27th

Sunday, April 27th


Great night of sleep for everyone . Yeah!!!!! It's about time, and what a difference it makes. Nick and I headed out on our own today, to give Grammy a break. There's a series of escalators that go for miles. I'd heard that the mid-level escalators would take us all the way to my office, so Nick and I hopped on and ended up at the IFC - right next door to my office! Talk about a kid's dream - a seemingly never-ending escalator! The escalator goes down until around 10am, and then changes directions. So we were able to ride up on our way home. Most of the live-in domestic help have Sunday's off. With no-where to hang out, they congregate under the covered walkways near the IFC and escalators. Hundreds of women, with blankets or cardboard set up to mark their area. They eat, talk, play cards, give pedicures and massages to each other, read...It really is a site! I didn't know if taking a photo would be rude. A visit to the fish market on our street(yes, we go several times a day) showed us a fish being cut open and then the blood being dribbled on the other fish laying open. Ummmm-do the fresh fish really need to be made to look fresher? I'm just glad we came back without a pet this time. Those guys work 7 days/who knows how many hours. It's amazing.



For dinner we walked down to Mak's Noodle Shop, which was given to us as a "must have" while we're here. Well, we walked up and down Wong Kut street and couldn't find it. We finally stood where we thought #37 should be and the man at the door assured us we were in the right spot. Tiny hole in the wall, with very little English spoken. Two options on the menu - noodles or soup. We went with the noodles. I noticed that none of us ordered noodles with meat. No drinks or napkins offered. Everything was very good, but we all left wondering "will we get sick?" Over cautious we are.



Home by 6:30pm and exhausted. The hills are killing my calves. I forget how flat Chicago is. Nick has taken a new liking to the PowerPuff girls, as the only cartoon station we get is Cartoon Network. All asleep by 9:30pm again. Think we're finding our routine and are finally adjusting to the time difference.