Today is the 1st December which means a) that we only have 18 days left in Hong Kong and b) the first day of advent so Katie is allowed to put up some Christmas decorations and open the mulled wine YAY! The city began to look Christmassy at the beginning of November so now the streets glisten with fairy lights and baulbauls. In fact, the Bentley shop just across the road has a ‘British Christmas Scene’ in the window, comprising of the London Eye, Tower Bridge and some giant snowflakes...quite random!
Over the last few weekends here we have tried to go out and see the last few things we have on our tourist ‘Things to do’. Last weekend we took a trip to the 10,000 Buddhas. We headed far out of the city and headed to the New Territories. My my, what a steep climb! We felt a little ‘done’ as we were expecting 10,000 lifesized Buddhas (apparently each with their own individual expression) as explained in the guide book. However, upon reaching the temple at the top we were greeted by hundreds of tiny statues that filled the room. Impressive but not quite what we had in mind!
On Saturday we had dinner with our friends Jack and Ming and we were treated to a roast dinner – possibly Katie’s best meal to date!! We felt very grown up drinking red wine and eating a selection of cheeses.
Katie friend’s arrive next Saturday so she is busy planning a pack itinerary to amuse Floss and Lauren and hopefully Beth and Ollie too. Matt has a weekend of work ahead of him in Taipei which he is looking forward to.
Not much else to report – volunteering has come to end except one more trip to the soup kitchen so Katie has resorted to Christmas shopping and reading lots of books – how lovely!
On a funny note, one of our delightful housemates has decided to smear butter over the communal hallway light switch so that we don't turn it off at night.
You might have noticed we edited the demand....
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