Saturday, Oct 6th - Day 6
Friday we explored the hotel and Saturday was our first outing into the city itself! It was so fun. We went all over the place, from name-brand store to name-brand store. (Mostly this was because one of Wayne's co-workers was with us showing us around and she prefers Gucci, Giorgio Armani, DKNY, etc) I was a bit of a nervous wreck though, I admit. None of the kids had cell phones yet and if any of us became separated, it would have been very difficult to find each other amongst the throngs of people. We survived it though and finally the co-worker had purchased what she had come shopping to find, a $3,000 American Dollar Gucci Diaper Bag. No lie.
Not being such big shoppers, we finally left the place and all went to "The Spaghetti House" to eat. The food was marvelous, very authentic Italian, despite being cooked by mostly Chinese chefs. Some people would say, it's not truly authentic until you go to Italy itself but we enjoyed ourselves nonetheless.
After lunch we were in for a treat. All of us went to a very famous massage parlor in Hong Kong. It was so incredibly relaxing. The lights were low, there was soft Asian music playing, the sound of a stream, incense burning and hushed voices. Brandon had a waterjet treatment, Amber had her nails manicured and her toenails pedicured and Wayne and I had neck and shoulder massages. It was well worth it and less than half the cost of a similar massage in the US.
Finally it was time to get back to the hotel and boy was I ready. I'd become so frazzled trying to keep track of everyone and keep us all safe. We rested well that night, at last. The end of another day.
Friday we explored the hotel and Saturday was our first outing into the city itself! It was so fun. We went all over the place, from name-brand store to name-brand store. (Mostly this was because one of Wayne's co-workers was with us showing us around and she prefers Gucci, Giorgio Armani, DKNY, etc) I was a bit of a nervous wreck though, I admit. None of the kids had cell phones yet and if any of us became separated, it would have been very difficult to find each other amongst the throngs of people. We survived it though and finally the co-worker had purchased what she had come shopping to find, a $3,000 American Dollar Gucci Diaper Bag. No lie.
Not being such big shoppers, we finally left the place and all went to "The Spaghetti House" to eat. The food was marvelous, very authentic Italian, despite being cooked by mostly Chinese chefs. Some people would say, it's not truly authentic until you go to Italy itself but we enjoyed ourselves nonetheless.
After lunch we were in for a treat. All of us went to a very famous massage parlor in Hong Kong. It was so incredibly relaxing. The lights were low, there was soft Asian music playing, the sound of a stream, incense burning and hushed voices. Brandon had a waterjet treatment, Amber had her nails manicured and her toenails pedicured and Wayne and I had neck and shoulder massages. It was well worth it and less than half the cost of a similar massage in the US.
Finally it was time to get back to the hotel and boy was I ready. I'd become so frazzled trying to keep track of everyone and keep us all safe. We rested well that night, at last. The end of another day.
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