Welcome To Hong Kong

We made it….a little tired but excited about exploring an entirely new place.

Three different plane rides and a total of 21 hours in the air, another 6 or 7 in airports and we are on our way to lunch. One of the best kept lunch secrets in town is…wait for it….the YMCA. Yup, that’s right the YMCA! We are talking about the Salisbury Restaurant on the 4th floor of the YMCA building. Apparently, the locals know this well but we are among few Caucasian tourists there. My brother in law, Ken and his wife, Barb, discovered this place years ago and they are dead on. Great food! We highly recommend it. Pat will give you more about the food in her post later on.

First, lessons learned flying to Hong Kong. It takes a long time to get here! Do whatever you have to do to fly business class. Take out a second mortgage, tap into the kids college fund or use up all of those dusty frequent flyer miles on an upgrade. Anyway, do it. A grueling 16 hour flight was really pretty enjoyable. Cathay Pacific was the carrier. They do a terrific job and we both arrived pampered, well fed and refreshed. Pat and I both watched about 3 movies and had time to spare for reading, solving the health care debate etc.

Well that’s all for now. More later as we dig into Hong Kong during the day today.