After the second day of the gymnastics cert my husband flew in to join me. We made our way to the Central district for some sight seeing and stopped in the Hard Rock Café, cause we are those tourists.
Hey- easy on the name calling, there, Hong Kong!
Soooo, those fish are still swimming.
Veggie and fruit stands are to Hong Kong as Starbucks and hipsters are to Seattle!
Apparently, these are da bomb… next time… maybe!
After a good nights rest in our fancy smancy hotel we spent the next morning enjoying our tourist status. We got lost. We laughed. We were offered “great” deals on watches. Got rained on. Took the subway. Took a taxi. Found a “7 For All Mankind” store. And then we had an Irish Coffee in a British pub…
hollywOOOOOOd!!!!
Purchasing designer jeans was a memorable experience for two reasons. 1. They are mentioned in my favorite song, My Humps; don’t judge… and 2ndly: I have wanted designer jeans since my pre-crossfit/paleo days… when I couldn’t fit in them. Now. They are mine. Call me shallow… talk to the hand! 
To continue with our touristy travels through Hong Kong, we switched hotels and moved over to the Kowloon side of Hong Kong. We checked into the Mira Hotel. This hotel is James Bond meets Jackie Chan. Holy sexiness, sleekness with an Asian twist– so cool! Our room came with a Droid. Yes. A phone. Enter your room, stare in awe, look at the tub next to the king side bed and then… and then the Droid. Free calls to 92 countries, Wi-Fi hot spot… and a virtual map. What could be better than this? How about reservations to OZONE… on the 118th floor of the Ritz-Calrton!!! When in Rome, right!?!?!
As if the grounds of Hong Kong wasn’t posh enough, at the top of the tallest building in Hong Kong rests this bar… the highest bar in the world. We had the Mira book our reservations and we definitely felt like frauds walking into this place. Ok, maybe “frauds” was a bit extreme… But, I did ask my husband to call me Vivian for the night.
For dinner we chose the 6 course meal. Be prepared to salivate:
Oysters… from Puget Sound.
Sashimi Squares with a few sea grapes… as if it wasn’t fancy enough
Halibut from Alaska…set ontop of a vegetable consommé…
The CHEF came over and told us all about how fancy this was…
It was divine!!
This, however, was my favorite part…
This is the mother of all things fabulous… It’s a cup, on a bowl which is filled with mesquite smoke…
The cup holds a perfectly poached egg laying in a thick creamy broth…
Inside the smoke is a velvety mashed potato topped with a slice of heaven (AKA bacon). Yes, sprinkled with flowers… but, of course!
This dinner left me speechless.
The view had me convinced I was on the literal cloud 9!
To make our few days in Hong Kong just a tad bit more memorable, we spent the following morning on a run little jog down the Avenue of Stars where we saw Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan’s star. We finished our jog through the Kowloon Park where the locals were practicing Tai Chi. It was such a beautiful sight, that yes, it brought me to tears.
After a quick shower and an iced Americo, we slid our way through the subway and made our way to Victorias Peak.
View from the tram
Bubba Gumps
After a nice dinner from atop the mountain, we made our through Hong Kong city on the locals mode of transportation: the escalators…
Then out of no where… and I mean: NO WHERE- came a sickness. We hopped on the next subway and made our way back to the room. We stayed in the room, hunched over in pain for the rest of our stay. I wish I could blame it on the food, the altitude, or the subway… but I think I caught the lovely bug from a co-worker.
All in all, though, Hong Kong was a blast. Truly, a trip of a lifetime. As soon as my immune system is built back up from the back to bad sickness I’ve had- I plan on getting to work on my pull ups and a lot more crossfit kids posts. Until then…. I am contagious. =(
My love, my love, my love, my love-
jess
