The In-Laws Visit Hong Kong!!

Last week we had our first week-long visitors come to Hong Kong. Ryan's mom, Deb, and his brother, Eric, flew in from Chicago to stay in Hong Kong for the week. We were fortunate enough that Ryan had a few days off for Dragon Boat Festival so that we were all able to tour around Hong Kong together. 

We had a great time with them in town for the week. We packed in as much stuff as we could while they were here and I think we are probably all still feeling exhausted from it all. Many great memories were made but some of the ultimate highlights of the trip were: 

1) Seeing the giant rubber duck in Victoria Harbour on its last day in Hong Kong
2) Having Ryan haggle with street vendors on ridiculous t-shirts for Eric (tigers, cats and bears eating fish)
3) Deb being a great sport while both of her sons continued to teach her how to use chopsticks - she was a pro when she left! 
4) Watching Ahri go from being afraid of the strangers in her apartment to jumping up and licking their faces 
5) Seeing pandas not once but twice throughout the week 
6) Spending our overnight trip to Macau with Deb & Eric at the Venetian Hotel
7) Introducing Deb & Eric to our favorite Portuguese restaurant in Macau, Fernando's, and the sangria! 
8) Seeing the Big Buddha (one of the largest sitting buddhas in the world) for the first time myself
9) Dim sum at Maxim's City Hall and fending off all the crazy dim sum cart ladies 
10) Seafood lunch in Sai Kung after our hike was rained out (and Ahri hiding under the table) 

Deb's learner chopsticks 

T-shirt finds at the market

Panda at Ocean Park 

Deb's dream carousel ride

Venetian Hotel, Macau 

The stairs up to the Big Buddha 

Family picture on our last day in Sai Kung 

We had a great time with the family and can't wait for more visitors to come see us!