Arithmetic

Now I don't need to learn a new language, I added some maths into the app.  So far so easy, it is a good brain exercise.

New Year's Day Shopping

Some of the supermarkets are not open on New year's day, so we went to the nearest supermarket.  We were glad the roads were quiet.  

We were exhausted, so we did the basic shopping and didn't dig into the new years' sale. 

We managed to get two loads of washing done.  Otherwise, it was a simple rest day!

Journey to the East: Day 19 Travels

We boarded the plane, we decided to watch The Roses and had another dinner before going to bed.  We slept relatively well. Before we landed in Frankfurt, we managed to have a warm egg tart and the breakfast dim sum.  

When the announcement came saying we are arriving late, I asked the flight attendance if there is anything we can do.  They moved us to the business class empty seat for the last hour of the flight.

When we landed in Frankfurt, we rushed to the other gate.  We arrived at the gate as indicated in the boarding pass.  When we were boarded, it started snowing, and the plane has to be deiced.  Eventually we took off.

Despite the delay, we arrived back in London in good time.  We bookended our holiday with an M&S lunch.  We boarded the coach and went back to Leicester.

Coincidently, the same taxi driver took us home. At last.  We unpacked, showered and had dinner.  Just when we went to best, the first fireworks started popping, I found my earplugs in the dark and went back to bed.  Let the resting begin!

Journey to the East: Day 18 Hong Kong

The final day of the holiday, we went to the bank for some errands then Kowloon Park and saw more birds and an exhibition.

My cousin had to cancel lunch, so we had lunch freedom, we grazed along, ticked off as many things as we can for lunch.  Met up with my sister and we went to the Flower market and the bird market. 

The cousin finally caught up with us, we had a coffee before we went for dinner with my other cousins.  We had an Alaskan king crab!

We went back to the guesthouse and went onto the fast bus into the airport. 

Journey to the East: Day 17 Lamma

We went to Lamma Island for a day.  It was a fairly warm day for hiking.  We had young coconuts by the beach.

We left Lamma viewing the Sunset and we went to Aberdeen seafood for dinner and got the fast bus home.

We planned to do some snappy shopping, but it turned out to be less snappy than our liking.  We went back to the guesthouse to finalise our packing.

Journey to the East: Day 16 Hong Kong

We went to see one of my friends at Sung Wong Toi.  We had some snacks for lunch before our late lunch.  We checked out 618 Shanghai Street before our lunch.

After lunch, I suggested to go to Langham Place to show off the long escalators.  After that, we went to walk around the Harbour to see the Christmas lights.  

Journey to the East: Day 15 Macau

We went to get a ferry to Macau.  I didn't want any time pressure, so I didn't prebook, so we ended up waiting much longer at the terminal for the crossing.  When we got there, the immigration queue was very long.  The bus I wanted to take also took its time to turn up.  By the time we got to Coloane, it was time for lunch.

My sister gravitated towards to a bakery for a Pastel de Nata.  We walked around Coloane, had some lunch, saw the ship yard museum.

We went to Taipa on a taxi, we saw the old Portuguese houses, fireworks factory and more museum, then we took the new light rail to Macau.

We saw the museum in Barra, and walked to the Mandarin House and finally to the ruin of St Paul's.  My to my sister's distress, we did not go to any casinos.

I was determined we would have Macanese food, so we walked to the dinner location.  We finished dinner and walked to catch the bus to immigration and onto the coach back to Hong Kong.  The immigration queue was also long in Hong Kong.  At last, we got on the fast bus back to the guest house.