Macau

For my birthday, Yingna gave me a place ticket to somewhere. I chose Zhuhai, so I could catch a bus to the border and walk over to Macau to visit Julia, Marco, and Emelia.

On the first day here, I thought Julia was going to meet me at the border, so I waited, and then I did not find her and could not call her from my cell phone. I eventually had Meng get ahold of her through Yingna's phone, and she said to just come to this place via Meng. I had no idea where I was told to go, but I got in the cab and away I went. I arrived to where to cab driver told me to get out, and asked about directions. I discovered I was close by, so I just found the apartment and went up. At the elevator, I found Julia and Emelia and they wanted to know where Marco was. Apparently, he missed me coming in, so we went down to retrieve him. Then we had a little dinner and beer.

On Friday, I walked with them to send Emelia to kindergarden or I guess it is preschool, and then we went to the cafe at U Macao and enjoyed breakfast croissants and coffee and uncensored internet. After Emelia's school, we picked her up and went back to their place. We played inside most of the day. For dinner, we went out for Mexican.

On Saturday, Emelia had her interview for getting into a kindergarden. They find out tommorow. I hope it works out for them as that school would be convenient. After her interview, Marco and I went out for coffee. Then it was time for Emelia's dance lesson or music lesson, and Julia and I got to have some coffee. After our coffee, we went to the grocery store and met Marco on the way out. Then Emelia was dropped off at her friend's house and us big people got to go out. We wandered around Taipa, and they wanted to go to a well known Portugeuse restaurant. I just followed, but we did not have reservations, and it was full. But then we were told to come back in a hour, and so we went to a bar for a beer. I got a Hoegaarden in the biggest pint glass ever! I needed both hands and I could not reach around the glass. I enjoyed! After the beer, we went to the restaurant, and it was delicious as well. At Emelia's friends house, all we heard was screaming when we went to the door. I am not sure if they will get to leave her there again.

On Sunday, we had brunch at the Four Seasons. It was really nice. I think it is the nicest brunch I have ever been to. Marco's friend Mario came as well. After brunch, us girls went shopping but I did not get so much. It was just nice to look around a little. We got back around 6 pm, and I was already tired enough. I sat for a bit and watched a little Friends. After a bit, I went out for a little more shopping, and then I enjoyed uncensored internet and we watched some episodes of Friends together. I forgot how wonderful that show was, and I remembered how nice it is to watch it with your own Friends!

Thanks to Julia, Marco, and Emelia for a great weekend!