Wednesday, August 24, 2011

HKG176: End of the Line

we have been here nearly six months and yet i still am seriously challenged when it comes to understanding how the buses run. i had planned to take the kids to a jumpin' gym location close to us, and i knew i needed to pick up bus 23 for the trip. i google mapped our destination and asked for directions using public transport. google maps told me where to pick up the number 23, but did i listen? no. i assumed that i could just pick up the 23 near our apartment rather than picking it up at another location a little further away. i was wrong. because i picked up the bus somewhere besides where dr. google told me to pick it up, we ended up going in the wrong direction...away from the jumpin' gym location.

we ended up getting off the bus in wanchai and wandering around for a bit. we had a nice lunch at a spacious and not-too-crowded Subway restaurant, but we did not make it anyplace jumpy. we used the MTR to get back to central, and then waited for our apartment shuttle to get back to the apartment. while we were waiting for the shuttle, i noticed that the air was especially hazy...it was actually difficult to see and breathe. a few minutes after we arrived at our stop and began waiting, several emergency vehicles rolled up. i cannot imagine how stressful it is to drive an emergency vehicle in such a crowded place and/or to attempt a rescue inside a crowded building that is umpteen stories high. while we did see rescuers standing around outside a building, we did not see any evidence of an evacuation in progress...not sure what was going on or how serious it was or if the hazy/stinky air had anything to do with the rescue in progress, but it was all interesting to watch.

this afternoon was mostly quiet with just some indoor play, cleanup, and exercising. it turns out that it's pretty hard to plank with a kitty walking under your tummy and a 2yo trying to climb onto your back :-)

q was all about the daddy snuggles when josh returned from china this afternoon.

waffle loves to sit in the middle of this train set. he usually prefers that q be busily playing trains around him, but today, he decided to sit inside the set even without q there. he is a funny little cat.

for peyton f....peyton, this is a fire truck in hong kong...it looks a little different from the ones in pville, eh?

this is actually from yesterday. q climbed up next to sissy on the couch and proceeded to sit as close to her as he possibly could.

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