ETA: I've saved the best for last with this post. Sorry for the picture overload!
I've travelled internationally a few other times in my life, and each time I have made a point to try McDonald's in each of the countries. Hong Kong was no exception, and did not disappoint! Although Derek played it safe and had a sausage mcmuffin, I took a walk on the wild side and had noodles for breakfast. Delicious!
Today was our free day to explore Hong Kong. Our social worker thought this would be a good time for us to make our way down to Stanley Market and pick up some souvenirs. She gave us instructions on how to get there, but HOLY MOLY Hong Kong is a big place. It's a tiny, huge, gigantic set of small islands that supposedly has some of the most convenient transportation systems in the world. I am going to blame jet lag for this one, but we had quite the time getting from Kowloon to Stanley Market. Once we were there, though, it was so very worth the headache!
On our way to the MTR..
Trying to figure out how many people live in just that one apartment building alone is unfathomable. I guess that's what happens when you have to house 7 million people in a tiny area!
When we finally made it to Stanley Market, we quickly realized how worth it it was!
Temple at Stanley Market
We stopped at the grocery store to familiarize ourselves with what our little guy has been eating for the last 7 years, and stocked up on some of his favorites to bring home with us.
Timothy's favorite, dragon fruit.
In case the previous photo didn't give justice to the size of carrots here. And we checked, they ARE carrots and not some fruit we've never heard of before (like the rest of the stuff there).
Seriously thinking "Dogs of Hong Kong" could be a thing.
Finally, bubble tea!
"Chicken".
Oslo made it to HK!
We could only catch a quick glimpse from the double decker bus we were on, but the cemetery was really impressive to both of us.
And speaking of double decker busses, they are terrifying. Truly. And while I'm hanging on for dear life, this guy is somehow napping and not flying out of his seat like the rest of us.
Dad and Sonja- they have horse racing here! Although the only ones we saw running the track were the jockeys (sans equines).
I've saved the best picture for last, and I'm having all sorts of feels about it. I'll start with this.
Without getting too "feely" here, let me just say that this was a shop owner we met in Stanley Market. He was selling t-shirts (3 for $100HKD, or $12.90USD). He was the only one working his shop, he was an excellent salesman, and spoke pretty darn good English. Oh, and this man has Down Syndrome. I can't tell you how much meeting him has impacted me. We met him by chance as we waited for some custom artwork to be completed. I'm starting to catch on to this God guy, though, and I know that very little of our meeting was by chance. Tomorrow we meet our boy, and my heart is overflowing.
