Wednesday, December 16, 2009
It is always a relief getting onto a plane to travel. The
computer and phone have to be turned off and you have to accept
that all that you could have done has been, and anything that
hasn't couldn't. With the internet, this is sadly only for the
moment!
After a celebratory glass of wine and lunch we settled in for a
couple of movies. As we have been to none for some time, nearly all
on offer were new to me. I selected Julie/Julia to watch, as I am
really getting into food and its preparation. Her blogging and how
this works was a great bonus - very inspiring to one commencing on
a similar journey.
We stopped in Hon Kong. When initially booked we were pleased to
find that the Qantas flight to Rome goes via HK with a 6 hour stop
over. I had hoped that this would allow us to visit my sister and
her family who have recently moved there - sadly as things worked
out they were in Sydney. Instead we got the fast train to Kowloon
and taxi to the Langham Place Hotel where Giovanni Pugliano is the
Executive Sous Chef. Giovanni is the son of Joe, who is a driver
and fixer of all at the City of Sydney. We had some lovely wine and
oysters, and a walk around the closing food or wet markets and
seemingly endless and eternal "ladies" markets nearby.
The level of density in living in HK is truly astounding…. So many
high rise apartments with so many people - the prospect of the
systems that must be required to get fresh food and clean water in,
and sewerage and waste out, <strong><em>every day,
</em></strong>is truly daunting.
So back to the plane, a few more movies and travel to Europe!