On Thursday, Hong & I went over to Hong Kong to go to Disneyland. It is a fairly straightforward trip, but took a very long time. Luckily we met an Aussie after the ferry & she directed us to the Central station where we would start our train journey. She recommended that we purchase food before we get to Disneyland as she said food is highly over priced & doesn't taste very good. We were shocked how much food cost in HK. Usually in Macau, we spend about $30 MOP on a meal, but in HK for lunch, we spent about $70 each! We were so excited getting off of that train... they have quite the display, everything is Disney themed, even the train was all decked out in Disney attire!! Once we had purchased our tickets & were excited to get the day started... we were told that we can't bring outside food into the park. Since we had spent so much money on lunch, we bitterly sat outside of the gates in the rain & ate our food. :(
Despite this, we were optimistic that we were going to have a fantastic day! The highlights of our day included Space Mountain (where we went on it multiple times & made funny faces at the camera each time. Our fellow Space Mountain riders had great fun chuckling at us after they saw the pictures!), The Lion King show was fantastic, & the Disney parade. We were going to stay for the fireworks, but Disneyland HK is quite small... & we had been there for so long already, so we left around dinner time.
We met up with Andrew Rizkalla (my friend from high school) after Disneyland for dinner. It took forever to find each other!! Although we had a cell phone (luckily), neither of us know HK very well... so our descriptors of our location were quite vague. HK is quite unique... lots of people around all the time & there are so many foreigners!! I don't know how people afford this place, it's crazy! A beer at the bar can cost about $80 HK which is about $12 CAD. Isn't China supposed to be cheap? Luckily Macau is. We didn't stay for very long that night, we were pooched & couldn't wait to get home.
Today (Saturday) we went to the English Concert at the 1st school. Each grade had a song/chant/play to perform for parents & teachers. It was very cute. We also found out that for tomorrow, the school's 'open house', we are supposed to have centers where we do activities with the kids? I don't quite understand what this event is about. We keep hearing many variations... one being that it is to recruit new students & another is to showcase the school for current families? Another is just to entertain anyone that wants to stop by? I don't understand. Oh well.. we will find out soon enough.
After the concert, Hong & I wandered around, closer to the 2nd & 3rd school to find somewhere to eat for lunch. We spotted this portuguese place which had lots of people inside & had pictures on their menu. A must! Our hopes were high. & then crashed... I will honestly say that this was the worst meal I have ever had in my entire life. I feel sick just thinking about it. It was noodles, some veggies, & shrimp. Sounds good right? No. The shrimp tasted as though I was drinking liters of sea salt water & the sauce tasted much the same. The meal wasn't cheap either... so mostly because I was hungry, and because I was spending money on it. I ate it anyways :( Yuck!
Going to post some pictures from today! I hope everyone who's reading this is well.. I miss you all!!
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