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Flying into the weekend

We are off today to Syracuse, NY to see Tony's folks. The weather this week in Syracuse - snow! I do believe the first snow of the season fell this week in Syracuse. The weather for the weekend is suppose to be nice but cold. High - 45F / Low 30F. No snow in sight. Except well it's Syracuse and those darn lakes create that lake effect snow and those winds!! But I will keep my fingers crossed and hope for the best during our flights. Tony is such a good pilot and weather predicted today - 53F for a high in Syracuse so I am predicting a smooth and clear flight.

Tony has spent the week getting organized for his move to China. He has about 5 luggages spread out in the guest room and his clothes laid out and folded. It isn't as easy as you think to move from a large house with lots of space to an apartment with limited closet and storage. I think we should do ok but there is a lot to think about. Tony leaves on Monday morning Nov. 3 and is planning to be back either Nov. 19 or shortly thereafter. Our big move will be Dec. 11 or 12.

Funny Picture

A few weeks ago Tonys' colleague had a going away party for Tony and it was, surprise surprise a Chinese themed party. There was great chinese food from Chen's restaurant and fun chinese decorations that were sent over from the Shanghai office.

Sue and Alex happened to be visiting us that weekend so they came along to the party too!
Earlier in the day the four of us went to Can Can, our favorite french bistro here in Richmond.

Shanghai Apartment - Second bedroom and bath.

Here are the wonderful private accomodations that all our guests will enjoy when visiting us in Shanghai.

Shanghai - Master bedroom and bath

The bathrooms have been recently updated so they are really clean and shiny!

Shanghai Apartment - Living Room

Here are some pics of the dining and living area. The apartment was being cleaned and painted which is why the furniture is in such disarray.

The door/opening on right side of the last 2 pics is the study.

Pictures of our new apartment in Shanghai - Kitchen

Here are a few pictures of our new apartment. The apartment has 2 bedrooms, 3 full bath, study, living / dining area and kitchen. It's probably about 2,000 square feet. We are on the 28th floor in a building that has about 38 floors. The apartment is located in downtown Shanghai near lots of shopping - similar to 5th Ave in NYC.

The Kitchen has a dishwasher, microwave, electric stove top, 28 inch oven, and fridge. There is a ton of storage space.

28 Days Until Paris!

Vicki and I leave for Paris in 28 days and we are getting so excited! We have been emailing each other about different things we want to do and where we want to eat. We have decided on a few things to do already and Vicki has started the template for the itinerary. I will take some time in the next few days and start to fill it out. Some of the things we have decided, in no particular order:

Fashion show at either Printemps or Galleria Lafayette - perhaps both if the first is fun!

Tour of the Paris Opera House

Secret Treasures of the Louvre - private tour

Visit my favorite museum in Paris - L'Orangerie

Champagne at Hotel Crillion

For this trip we are staying at the Hotel Intercontinental near the Paris Opera House in the 9th arrondismont.

In this picture we are having coffee at the George V the morning we arrived on our last sisters trip to Paris in March of 2006! We look a little beat up but excited to start our adventure!

I will list out our restaurants as soon as we have finalized the list.