Friday, February 20, 2009

Hello from Hong Kong!

We arrived at our hotel last night safe and sound after a great flight (albeit a long one at 13 hours and 40 minutes from Vancouver). Our flight was mostly during what would have been our daytime, so Claire only slept a total of 3.5 hours on the flight (a bit early on and again towards the end of the flight). Thankfully, she was very easy to please the remainder of the flight and it all worked out well because we got a fairly decent sleep overnight in our hotel.

Favourite moments of our trip so far include:

- During lunch in Vancouver, Claire began insisting that we had to go to China first rather than going to Hong Kong (including Disneyland!). Finally it became clear that she wanted to get Ren first.
- During the flight, Claire tugged on my sleeve at one point and said, "I ask you something: you pack my minnie mouse ears and my mouse shirt?" Ah, Disneyland is once again a priority for her. You bet, honey, we have all that and more for you!

We're off to Disneyland right away so this is just a quick post to say hello and to let you know we're here and all is great. Wow, we're close to Ren now - in time and in proximity. Zhuhai is actually only 70 km away from Hong Kong. I just wish we had time to go there but I'm afraid Disneyland and a little girl resembling Minnie Mouse beckon ...

8 comments:

T.Janzen said...

Great to hear from you. Claire is going to love Disneyland and think, in a few more days, Claire will be playing with her brother, Ren.

Give Mickey a big hug and kiss for all of us at home.

TracyJ

Auntie Kelley said...

Glad to hear that you are there safe and sound. Enjoy Disney !!

Kim said...

Glad you are there safe and sound..
can't wait to see Disney pictures..
Have a great time..
Hugs..
Kim

Rae said...

You called! Well, the next best thing, anyway. I'm so glad to hear you made it there safe and sound. I've been thinking about you guys all day.

Have fun at Disney!

xxoo

J-P Lesperance said...

So Exciting!
Glad to hear that everything is good so far.
Keep writing, we love following you guys in this wonderful journey.

Waitingfaithfully said...

So happy to know tht you are in Hong Kong safe and sound . . . and ever so close to your sweet Zhuhai boy! Glad that Claire traveled well. I hope Disneyland was great!!

Counting down to Ren!!

Blessings from Texas~

Tina & Bryan & family
(including our own Zhuhai sweetie, Teddi)

Gigglestuff said...

Wowwwww, so amazing that Claire wanted to pick up Ren first before all going to Disneyland!

I think she is so excited to meet her new brother, that is so inclusive of her. I can't wait for you all to be together soon <3

Shea said...

I didn't realize that Ren is so close to Hong Kong. Wow, you must have goosebumps knowing you're that close to him. Glad the flight went well, and that Claire is thinking of Ren and Mickey.