And just like that

And just like that we are back at the airport, enjoying the spoils of full fare travel. I have satisfied my fascination with shopping, drank a suitable amount of champagne (Piper), updated and downloaded my 'ithings' and with that we are ready to be spoilt for another 12 hours through to London. 

Needless to say it's a beautiful day in Hong Kong today, as beautiful as I suspect it can manage. 

Wayne is studying up on the play we are seeing tomorrow night at the Globe, I'll be studying the lunch menu at Marco Pierre White's restaurant, they say opposites attract. 

I'm not sure if I have phone credit or not !!

M xx

Wet rainy - it's Hong Kong in May

We must remind ourselves we are on holidays! 

We are in Hong Kong it's too wet to shop, it's too boring to sit in the hotel (and watch ABC24 - Australian news) so we take a taxi (a hair raising experience in the pouring rain at high speed) to the 102 floor of the Ritz Carlton  hotel, have a delicious lunch (lobster bisque and soft shell crab salad), several gins and watch the view appear and disappear the rain and clouds. We elected not to have the burger for a mere A$250 !

Hong Kong

The flight up to Hong Kong passed very quickly, I spent a lot of time reading and note taking about places to visit and local recipes to try from the Dordogne. I watched two movies, both I had meant to see and didn't (Still Alice* and the Imitation Game) and drank a beautiful Austrian Grüner Veltliner, that helped the time pass. 

Thermy didn't enjoy the same comfort she spent the day in the overhead locker and not surprisingly she was ready for bed when we arrived in Hing Kong. 

We made it to The Peninsula Hotel, had a lovely dinner and went off to sleep, day one - perfect !

Our hotel foyer looks like a theme park! (If bars and restaurants)

Let the festivities begin.....

After so much preparation, the day has arrived and we are off on our adventure!! I'm loaded up with French phrase books, cookbooks and way too many clothes, so watch this space......

What better way to kick off the holiday than with champagne, cheese and macaroons. Thank you to everyone for their kind wishes and if my ankle holds up - after I rolled it on Thursday night - we are off to Hong Kong tomorrow !