Happy Anniversary

Today is our seventh anniversary. After waking up from our big sleep, we had breakfast and started out on our day. We saw several parts of Hong Kong island, but the highlight was The Peak aka Victoria Peak, the highest mountain in Hong Kong. The tram up the mountain goes straight up the side at a rather steep angle. When we reached the top and made it outside of the tourist trap, we were in a nice little mountain village shrouded in mist and surrounded by lush green growth, which made the walks fun. Unfortunately the mountain was so shrouded in mist that we could not see anything below. We had lunch in a nice restaurant with glass walls that maximized our view of the mist. By the end of lunch we could just make out some of the nearest skyscrapers.

The rest of the day was taken up with seeing the excessive shops of Causeway Bay, having tea in a greasy spoon in Wan Chai and meandering our way back to our hotel through a night market.

Oh, and Charlotte started standing unaided today. It is quite fun watching her stand up, waiver for a few seconds and plop back down.

Long Flights

are no fun. Cramped quarters for 15 hours make for difficult times, especially with a 10 month old. On the other hand, the mere fact that we can cross the Pacific ocean in less than a day is amazing in itself. All three of us did manage to sleep the most that we ever have on a flight. We got in at five in the morning Hong Kong time and made it to our hotel. After checking in to our room, we showered and made it to a nearby church service (It’s fun to pray at the YMCA).  After that, we made it back to our hotel and started to make plans for the evening, but we started to slow down until we just stopped in the early afternoon. The next thing we knew it was morning.

Where in the world is…

…the Criswell family? Brian is settling into his new workplace, and Rachel finished up her work with the fire relief projects and is now spending some time focused on Charlotte. We are about to set off on our next trip to south-east Asia.