Tony arrived from Hong Kong on Thursday evening with his friends Mavis and Yvonne and it was a very nice reunion. Just in time for turkey dinner at the clubhouse. We celebrated Thanksgiving with Anne and her family. It was very nice to have Thanksgiving with friends- old and new. Matthew was very happy to see his Uncle Tony. Hard to believe we just saw him several months ago in the States. Time goes by so quickly. All we needed to complete the meal was Gus and Tallini, May and the kids and we would have been all set!We spent the past few days taking Tony and his friends around Shanghai. We did the usual- shopping and eating. We took them to the Blue Frog, Moon River Diner, Nanxiang Steamed Buy Restaurant and Crystal Jade. We did the usual tourist attractions- Yu Yuan, Jin Miao Tower, the Bund and Xintiandi. It was a very short trip for Tony who had to leave yesterday to return to Hong Kong. He'll be leaving Hong Kong next week to return to the United States. He's dragging all my US holiday cards to mail from New York. Be on the lookout in your mailbox for your card. Thank you Tony!
We plan to see each other in Rome next summer. Matthew has expressed an interest in going to Italy to get in touch with his Italian side. The gang will meet us there as well. It will be the usual suspects-Tony, Gus, Tallini, May and the kids and of course, us. We'll probably have Tony's parents meet us in Italy as well and we're probably going to take a trip to Sicily to meet Tony's relatives in Ramacca. Summer will be here before you know it. I better get moving with booking a reservation to Italy.
