01.08.13
Tuesday started off a little slower. We were worn out from our HongKong Disneyland adventure and the time change, and jet lag didn't help either!
Dad was up and gone before we woke up. He had some stuff do at work. We slowly made our way to the shopping village that Dad had taken us to on the first day. Jenny and Katie got shoes (they had blisters from all the walking the day before) and we looked around a little until Dad met up with us and the day's journey begun.
Kind of like a maze, going through all the buildings. I couldn't help but think of all my photographer friends and how they would love all the buildings and streets!
We made our way across the island to where most of the casinos are located on Macau (One of three islands connected with bridges that make up Macau).
We had lunch in the Grand Lisboa at the Noodle and Congee Corner. It was pretty good, always a little scary! Most of the time you just point to pictures to order!
My Dad ordered A Thousand Year Old Egg because he likes it. I had NO intention of trying it. Jenny decided she would try it and just ate it no problem. So I figured I would at least try it. I guess I made the mistake of smelling it first. But my gag reflex kicked in and I could not swallow! And that was the extent of trying "weird" food in China!
Macau is full of tunnels and alleys and different ways to get places. Everywhere has courtyards, gardens, and parks. Sometimes I wondered who they were for because nobody was there and they were totally out of sight. Like this big glass structure is a parking garage that goes down at least 5 levels with passage ways to lots of places.
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| Inside the parking garage. Moped city! |
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| And I have no clue how they read their signs! |
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| the elevators in the middle of the parking structure which was empty. |
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| after we finally came out on of the tunnels after going up and down a million and a half stairs! |
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| The Wynn. Dad wanted to show us some fun designs in the casinos. |
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| Funny story: When we were at Disneyland the photographer was taking our picture in front of the Mickey flowers and kept asking us to do different poses. He had us put our fists on our head and said, "Mickey family!", put our hands out together and act surprised, "Tinkerbell!", and then hands out and growl. Not sure what it was for, but it made for good laughs! |
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| The Chinese years at the Wynn. I was born the year of the pig. |
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| They had lots of Christmas decorations EVERYWHERE! |
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| It was still my birthday in America so we celebrated that too. Dad made sure I got to have a candle to make a wish. Lots of yummy desserts!! And after we finished these ones we tried some more at another candy/ dessert shop. |
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| more of the Christmas decor at the MGM. |
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| Dad and Katie |
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| With a husband and 3 brothers in Air Conditioning I had to take this picture. |
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| Walking to dad's office |
Dad had to do a few things at the office so we hung out and ate all the candy at the receptionist's desk.
We got the company car and went to Taipa (one of the 3 islands that makes up Macau) to see the Galaxy, have dinner, and meet up with my dad's friend for a movie.
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| One of the areas my dad designed. |
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| an elevator he designed. a lot more goes into the design than we would think. |
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| another are designed by my dad |
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| We went to see Jack Reacher. It was in English with Chinese subtitles. Their movie theater had regular, chocolate and caramel popcorn. I had a mix and it was delicious! Still a good movie the second time. |
We had more dessert after the movie. Some had Red Mango and some had crepes. The crepe was so yummy! (No wonder I gained so much wait on my trip!) While we were having our treats my dad ran into a big guy from the Galaxy and told us he would get us a couple rooms for the next night. And to think if we hadn't stayed for dessert we wouldn't have seen him!
Another late night. We keep staying out later and later! Back to Dad's office and then to walk home (there is no where to park the car at his apartment).
