The blogger website is only showing up in Chinese for me on Chrome so I'm going to do my best to update. I have so much to say since the last time I posted, but I'm going to try to keep it brief because I have some exploring to do while Mark's at work. First off, its Monday morning at about 10:30am for me here ...so we're about 14 hours ahead of home.
If you talked to me in the days before I left you know that I was nervous about the flight. As it turns out, getting first class rids you of all of those worries. First was incredible! I've never been in first on an international flight so I'm sure it was painfully obvious to everyone sitting around me that I had no clue how to work anything or that there was a snack station at the front of the cabin the WHOLE time. :) I'm experienced now, so *hopefully* on the way home in first I'll seem like a pro. The 15 hours and 45 mins went by fairly quickly with a combination of movie watching, tv watching, listening to early 90's music, snacks, naps, and reading. I kept myself busy and it wasn't until maybe...2 or 3 hours left to go that I got a little restless. Conclusion: I am a spoiled flying brat now.
As far as food on the plane - I tried to keep it paleo without being a pain in the ass. I took a brief nap and when I woke up there were warm cashews sitting next to me. How could I disappoint the cashew fairies that visited me while I was enjoying my first of four Tylenol pms? Simple, I couldn't. For an appetizer they they use braized duck with a yellow curry sauce and crab cakes. Delish! Then, a mushroom soup and a salad followed that. My main course was mahi mahi with a sweet potato souffle thing and some steamed spinach. At some point later on in the flight I asked if the cashew fairies could return. This time they also brought an apple. Breakfast as we were approaching China was fruit, yogurt....and a croissant. I didn't really want the croissant, but I was unsure how long it would be before I ate again.
The first night Mark and I went to dinner and then I needed to crash. I timed my sleep on the flight well, so my jet lag has really been minimal. Sunday morning we ventured over to the only CF in Hong Kong. I wasn't impressed and they were sorta a-holes about giving us a shirt when we brought one from WCCF to trade. Later in the day we took a 1 hour ferry to Macau, a neighboring province, to spend the day with an old friend of Mark's who lives there. Macau was a juxtaposition of OLD Portuguese and Chinese architecture (like 1480's) and Las Vegas. I mean, literally, we were standing on top of an ancient military fortress looking at the casino - completely illuminated from foundation to top with flashing lights. Bryan got us tickets to Dancing Water, which is a Cirque-like show. Incredible!!! I'll try to find a link to the website and post it here later.
We had a traditional Chinese dinner last night at a nice place inside one of the casinos. I even successfully at noodles with chopsticks. This morning we hit up our hotel for breakfast and I had some more cheats. (Paleo will begin again in full swing when I get home.) Their take on American food here isn't bad for breakfast. I tried to french toast, eggs, hash browns, etc. Not too bad. I'll have to figure out something for lunch today by myself as Mark is at work until 5pm.
I'm going to hit up the hotel gym and see what that's like. I realize I'm on vacation, but I don't want to sacrifice my motivation to go and I have the time. After the gym, I'm going to venture out on my own for a bit. :)
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