November was a month of travel (as I write this on Dec 10th I am still not home from the last trip in this month's blog).
I started with a brief 3 day trip to Shanghai. See views of the city from my hotel room.
Then a day trip to Shaoxing from Shanghai (which is where I am writing this from). Lots of fabric and a high speed train.
Took off the next Sunday for Seoul. In Seoul you must enjoy the food. I had Korean BBQ with 3 other HK expats who were also arriving in Seoul on the same day. The sheep sign was cute, but they were closed so we found another place close by.
Next night dinner was more BBQ with the local team.
On my walk home to the hotel saw my 1st fully lit Christmas tree of the season (Nov 6th). It is interesting not having the Thanksgiving buffer before Christmas.
Wednesday night was off for 1 night and day in Taipei. Wish it was longer but made the most. Another Christmas tree, but this one was purple.
Traditional beef noodle soup at the airport as we were leaving for HK. Plane to HK was also interesting - I had a mirror....
Friday was work in HK and then spent a relaxing birthday weekend at home. Top left photo is dessert from my birthday dinner. Top right photo is 1 of 2 wooden garden stools we got this weekend that are working as great side tables and stools. Bottom left is my google home page and bottom right is my birthday lattes from breakfast.
Monday I joined my US colleagues as we continued to Shenzhen. I rode 1st Class on the MTR (not a big deal), but when I checked into the Shangri-La they were out of king size beds and upgraded me to a suite (that's a big deal). I had a full living area with dining table, 3 sofas & a desk, king bed, huge master bath and a powder room.
Next stop was to be New Delhi but due to air quality issues we cancelled that so I was back to HK.
And the Christmas decorations were in full swing when I got back. These 3 photos are from a plaza next to the office.
I spent what was to be my last full week in Hong Kong for 2017 in the HK office. It happened to also fall on the week of US Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving dinner at the Anderson's consisted of India take out from one of our favorite places - Spice along with some beer a dear friend brought us. I topped the night off baking a Cranberry Pie (which we ate for breakfast on Black Friday).
Black Friday in the office was Recognition Day. The office went to a park for a BBQ and some fun and games. Yes - I did set a marshmallow on fire.
Next week started another long trip. It was a landmark event. It's the first time Patrick and I have travelled together for business (that we could remember). Below is our flight on Thai Airlines from HK to Seoul.
I always have my phone close by for any photo opportunities. The one below is a shadow of our plane on the clouds as we ascended out of HK.
Seoul was a fast 1 night stop - then we were off to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam for 4 days. Patrick's expression before we took off tells it all. It was a 5 1/2 flight with children who used plane as their own playground.
Last Christmas tree of the month was the one outside our office building in HCMC.
Warning - December 2017 blog will also be delayed. We are traveling for the Christmas holiday. With all the traveling and general craziness, holiday cards will not be sent from the Andersons for 2017 - sorry - maybe in 2018.
