Grand Opening Party at the Mira Hotel

Thursday was the opening party of the Mira hotel, with the red carpet at the entrance, some stars and starlets and lost of good food, drinks and entertainment.

This was the program/ Menue of the evening ;)

The hotel itself is impressive. 4 restaurants, 2 bars and - very rare in HK - even one open air lounge.

We got the best food; beijing duck, lobster soup, lamb...

The roof decoration of the french restaurant

And heres my new flat (I wish ...). Its a suite with bacony and jacuzzi.

My new bedroom.. :)

The chocolate buffet in the ballroom

And special guest Katy Perry.

Kowloon city

Kowloon City is an other old quarter with lots of good thai restaurants, markets and outlet shops and its nice for a sunday afternoon city hiking.
Btw... CITY HIKING its a term i inventet for me, because i like to walk around in unknown old parts of HK and other towns for hours...

ok.. no explanation needed; the common old buildings and street restaurants. But every time different...

This is a street furtune teller...

At the market: not sure, if this are parts of a shark...

... very fresh vegetable...

... and here: chicken (feets). The Ladie explainet, that the black chicken is only for the soup....

... and outside its white.

Have a look at the sign above :)

Who can guess, what is this? Its the inside of a fish head!

Baby Calamaris

... thats it for today. We have again Typhoon Nr. 8 (remember... when number 8 is set, the office is closed). Unfortunately its AGAIN in the evening; means no free extra day.

The wind this time is really scary and I checked already 3 times, if my bathroom window is still ok.

Spin Expo in Shanghai

Again Shanghai...
I was 2 days at the Shanghai Spin Expo and it was so good to meet friends and ex collegues after so long time.

People at the trend forum

Antjes collection at the fashion show!!!

Italien lunch in Shanghai at the Spin Expo...

The 3 JULIAS

Jule came from Koeln!!!

When we 3 left Switzerland (Antje to Shanghai, Julia to Koeln and me to HK), I didnt expect, we would meet so often. Well... its not often, but textile world is small and so we are able to meet at exhibitions.

Eddie, Matsura san and Antje at the Stoll booth...

And here again: Shanghai by night.
This is the famous IFC Tower; we only call it bottle opener.

And the amazing Grand Hyatt Hotel in the Jin Mao tower...

... with the bar "cloude nine" at the 87. floor. Here the view from the bar.