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Another day preparing for Hong Kong. We will be using the Octopus card for public transportation so there is no need for HK dollars. They have made an app just for visitors and it is valid in many other establishments besides the MTR or subway.
I have mapped out a route to the building that contains a CityLine machine that will print our tickets for the show on Saturday night. We will walk there and then take busses to the Stanley Market.
Group Trivia went very well. We were the highest scoring group and Thomas bought the team a drink. We knew that Montreal was the largest city to speak French outside of France. We missed the name of Peter Pan’s dog. (Only question we missed). We knew which ocean was about half the size of the Pacific. Which organ in the human body is transplanted most often? Which institution has the largest library?
The evening entertainment was a Chinese pianist. Tian Jiang. He did a wide range of music, some with the house band. He was born in Shanghai and was invited to study in Manhattan by Isaac Stern. He studied there for years and then his visa was cancelled and he had to go back to China. A few months later he was invited to study at the Juilliard School of Music. He traveled back to the USA and was able to escape from China. He promises to let us know how at his next show.
The grand piano had microphones turned up way too loud and destroyed the natural timbre of the instrument. His playing was definitely a 10. …