Dear Patrick and Corinne,
Enjoy this while you are still in Hong Kong! Blessings, Ting
Aerial Virtual Tour of Hong Kong
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Ray,
The forecast does look a little dampish for the next week.
I have had no communication from Pat since before his departure and his blog has no entries for a few days. I suspect he may have technical difficulties with connectivity – if not jet lag. I recommend you send a note to his regular e-mail address (above) and I expect he will tune in if he does not respond to this e-mail.
Hi Harbour Terrace and Tinsel Town!
Here is the gist of what I sent to Sarge as we needed to obtain details of our flight to Melbourne on Saturday. Originally, he was going to stay overnight with us in Sydney and we were to fly to Melbourne together, next day. When he discovered the Grand prix was on in Melbourne that weekend, he changed his booking from Sydney to Melbourne so is going there shortly after landing. He made booking and we forgot to get details before leaving!
Hi Harbour Terrace!
Thanks for latest Sarge. I was going to send another message asking for name of airline but we figured it out, Virgin Australia, and were able to login at website to confirm booking. I've tried to print out pdf page but printer won't connect. Will have to ask Ania when she is back.
I know that you will have received some of our news from message to Book Club but here is a bit more:
Unfortunately, Corinne has had to deal with a recurrence of the rash on her right foot, some on the lower leg of her left foot as well. This started last Wednesday and I convinced her that she should seek medical attention. She resisted until Thursday morning when not much improvement overnight. Fortunately for us, friend, Daniel "Ting" Chen, we met back in early 80's when he was doing an MA in Architecture at UBC, who has lived here ever since and whom we'd seen the evening before, mentioned that he could probably arrange an appointment with a dermatologist friend, Dr. Francis Yu. He did just that and Cora lee saw him on Thursday morning. he prescribed antibiotics, (He was concerned about infection as well.), antihistamines and ointment. He said prescription for latter, made in Vancouver, was far to weak to be effective. Last few days were still uncomfortable for much walking but we paced ourselves and Corinne soldiered on. We will basically be taking a vacation from our vacation for rest of week until we fly to Melbourne on Saturday to meet you.
Speaking of which, Marysia, Ania's sister, (Danny, her husband, is in Whistler until Wednesday or Thursday!), was over for a wonderful lamb dinner last night. We sipped a Knappstein 2010 Riesling, Clare Valley, 12.5% before meal and graduated to a Kirrihill 2008 Shiraz, again from Clare, 15%, with lamb!!! Both wines were stellare, red only $15, and a gangbuster! At any rate, during ensuing conversation Marysia mentioned that it is quite convenient to take a bus from airport to the Spencer Street Train Station and then get a free shuttle to Marriott or other downtown hotels. This is what she does when she is visiting her daughter there. Let us know if it works, Sarge, as you will be first guinea pig!
Happy to report that Her Majesty is working in Ania's back garden as I scribe. Our hostess is a wonderful individual but she needs a Royal Gardener so Corinne is weeding and raking. (She just reported that she somehow managed to lose her sunglasses in all the pruning and clipping!) Last visit she transplanted a number of potted plants and generally tidied up so Ania was very pleased. She has gone for a walk around Bondi and Bronte but Corinne isn't up to that yet. Glorious day today, right from the start. Yesterday was quite cloudy, with a few drops of rain, until late afternoon and then it was hot enough that I walked in the shade when I could! First real sunshine we'd seen since leaving as weather in HK was very foggy, some drizzle and a few bouts of heavy rain. Fortunately we were either on the Big Bus Tour or in a museum when it was pelting down so weather didn't actually matter. Of course, it would have been more enjoyable if it had been warmer and sunnier but believe conditions were true to historical patterns, according to Daniel.
Had a very brief, but most pleasant, delicious breakfast with Jim, friend of Raymondo's, (He very kindly treated us.), at a most convivial café last Saturday. Enjoyed meeting him and found his company very agreeable indeed. We tried to convince him to visit in the next little while and he mentioned that with the recent takeover of his company, by a French firm, he thinks he might arrange a trip via Vancouver. In the interim, he hopes to motorcycle down the Ho Chi Minh Trail in May! Well, just wanted to connect. I see you are experiencing wet weather. Trust everyone is well. I'm reading A Night of Long Knives, a Hannah Vogel novel, by Rebecca Cantrell, set, for the most part, in Berlin during the rise of the Nazis, and am quite enjoying it. Fondestos and Cheers, Patrizzio!
Pics: Cora Lee and Daniel at Sushi One; Noah's Ark, a creationist amusement park! Jim; view from our hotel looking towards HK; just a few of the incredible ceramics on display at the HK Museum of Art; Goils watching Revenge after dinner last evening. You can make out CL's rash if you are able to magnify image! Onion didn't want her picture taken!
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