Day 2 Hong Kong: The Big Buddha

Day two was much slower paced (thank goodness, cause we are still fighting some jetlag). Today’s main attraction was Po Lin Monastery.  You can get there driving or by public transportation, but it would take an hour or hour and a half.  Instead, we paid to take the cable car over the water and through […]

Day 1 – Hong Kong

Meeting friends in a foreign city? My new favorite memory of any of our travels. We were so lucky to have Terence with us most of the day with Vincent meeting us for dinner and Winkie meeting us afterwards to explore. But let’s back up a little… Jetleg is real, guys. I had a really […]

St. Louis to Hong Kong

16 hours on a plane. 16 hours. We survived.   Food was hit and miss, and the last two hours were pretty rocky. BUT we flew over the Artic Circle, which is pretty darn cool in my book. While in the Artic Circle, Kevin snapped a picture of the sunset.. Cathay Pacific is by far the […]

Excitement or Anxiety

Have you ever thought about how you experience very similar symptoms when you are anxious or excited? Rapid heart rate, chest muscles tensing, feeling in the pit of your stomach, restlessness, difficulty sleeping, etc etc.  I am certainly not downplaying someone who has been clinically diagnosed with anxiety, but for someone who is not, these […]