With a long day ahead of us, we got up early to take her dogs out for an extended walk. We ended up walking by a small... river. Due to the lack of pedestrians around, we decided to let them go off leash for a while. They seemed to enjoy the freedom, as they ventured slightly ahead of us to sniff the grass growing on the side of the pavement. After walking down the stretch of road for a while, we headed back to her place to relax a bit before heading out for the day.
Like two years ago, we headed off to Macau. Going through security was immigrations was really quick, for I was able to join my girlfriend in the "HK Resident" line, instead of the visitor line. We took the same shuttle bus to Macau, though I swear it seemed a lot faster this time around. Once we arrived at Macau, we met up with her uncle that took us around two years back. We started the trip by heading to a casino to eat dim sum. Maybe I'm hungry again, but the dim sum was the best dim sum I've ever had. We went through a wide variety of dishes, ranging from your typical siu mai, har gow, and turnip cake. As a side note, the turnip cake was by far the most memorable dish for me, this time around. I was so full, that I had to sit at the table for a while. Some others went down to explore the casino for a while.
Once we were ready to leave, we headed to see my girlfriend's grandma at her nursing home. I vaguely recall what she looked like two years back. She seemed to be in good spirits, which is always nice to see! After spending some time there, we headed to, what I believe is called Coloane Village. It has a strong Portuguese influence. Of course, we had to stop by Lord Stow's to get some Portuguese tarts! After spending a few hours exploring and relaxing, it was time for dinner.
I don't recall the name of the restaurant, but I was surprised by the seemingly lack of Cantonese speaking staff. Majority of the staff members spoke English, with some having basic Cantonese. The food seemed to be Portuguese inspired, though I didn't feel it was anything special. I did get my chance "to shine" since I mostly spoke English to the servers when we needed things. With dinner out of the way, it was time to head back to the station.
Going through immigrations again was quick due to my girlfriend being a HK resident. Surprisingly to me, I thought these lines would be more congested than the visitor lines. Once we got through, we boarded the shuttle back to Hong Kong. It was starting to rain ever so slightly as we arrived back in Hong Kong. I wanted to walk her dogs when we arrived back, but it was too wet.
There's always tomorrow!
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