Up in the Air

We are settled in for the first leg of our flight on our favorite airline, EVA. Our first stop is Palin Country, a suburb of the former Soviet Union; then Taipei, followed by Hong Kong. The girls have goodie bags with a little doll, cards and some activity books. The smell of dumplings is wafting through the cabin. At least we are hoping it’s dumplings. The dumplings might be for first class only, and we’ll have to settle for wasabi peanuts. Meimei is watching Spongebob. Jiejie is taking the Moron Test on one of the iPods. I think I’ll hook up the headphones and listen to the phrases we are learning to speak to TJ.  11 p.m. ET

One more flight, Taipei to Hong Kong. Meimei is sleeping; Jiejie and I are playing 20 questions. Daddy is reading a Jack Reacher book. Jiejie has discovered beef is ok if you pick out the vegetables and then mix it with rice (we’ll take our nutrition victories where we can get them). We’ll spend the day getting acclimated and sleep over on Lantau Island. We’ve been traveling for 22 hours now, and could use a shower and a bed. On Sunday we’ll take the train to Guangzhou, or perhaps the high-speed ferry. But we’ll be back to Hong Kong for three days before we go home.