A Day Out

Sometimes a day out merits a blog post. Today the sun was out, the humidity was low and the temperature was high. It was a lovely day...for going to a museum. In fact today was exactly my kind of lazy Sunday. First we headed off to the Hong Kong Museum of History, originally to see the Terracotta Warriors exhibition that is here till November, however it was sold out till 9pm... so the warriors will have to wait till another day! Fear not, we still went and meandered around the main exhibition, entitles "The Story of Hong Kong."

The Museum is brilliant. I feel I need another visit or 6 to really appreciate it (here is where the acquisition of a Museum Pass is going to come in handy I feel) but the first impression was a good one. There is lots going on without there being a sensory overload, and it is spread out, making it a more personal and contemplative experience. Your journey through the museum takes you chronologically through the "story" of Hong Kong becoming what it is today, concluding with a decent enough gift shop (who doesn't love a gift shop!)

Outside the Museum, alterations have been made in-tune with the special exhibition:

Following our cultural quota, we wended our way slowly back to Hong Kong Island, and to the IFC mall where we decided to try our luck in one of the cafe's. We plumped for Simply Life, a French feeling cafe with a view over Victoria Harbour (admittedly not at it's best at the moment, but somewhat bizarrely fascinating):

  

and with cups of tea that were not only spot on, but came in awesome cups:

And the day was rounded off in spectacular fashion with the purchase of a book from the shop round the corner... And all before my evening skype date with home. Museum > Tea > Books. My perfect Sunday.