Bastiaan en Lily's blog

We''ve finally arrived in HK for our little break. The flight over was exhausting. We had alot of luck with checkin, I have to hand it to Cathay Pacific, their service is more then excelent. With Linsey in combination with moving to Australia we had alot off additional luggage, baby trolly, baby bed, clothes for 2 months, etc. A bit of shifting around and they more the accomodated us even though we stretched the allowed limits a little. Even better, since it wasn''t a full flight they had moved our seats around so by the time we were allowed to board, we had gotten two seats in a row of 4 with the other two seats empty. That really was a life saver.
Once on the flight Linsey really became a busy body. For her it was the middle of the day far far away from her nap or bedtime, so sitting in a confined space, she really hated it. First time we flew she was little enough to sleep most of the day, but this time.. owh boy, I feel sorry for the people around us. After more then 6 hours of flying Linsey finally got tired of throwing a tantrum and started to fall asleep, eventually so did we...

Once we arrived at the airport checking out and waiting for our bags was a breeze, it really wasn''t a busy day, I guess people avoid HK around this time of year cause its hot. Or maybe it has to do with the earthquake:( Lily''s parents met us at the airport but we did take a bus back home. They were thrilled to finally get to hold little Linsey, the last time they saw her was right after birth. This was always the hardest part for Lily about living abroad, I''m sure I''ll be facing similar emotions soon with my own parents whom I won''t be seeing for awhile...
After getting far to little much needed rest we all went out to get some chinese food Yamcha style! Even Linsey joined in and had some cha chiu pau :-)
On the way back home grandpa Chan couldn''t resist taking his first granddaughter for a strawl...