- It's extremely helpful to travel with friends who take it upon themselves to read maps and train routes for the whole group. Follow the leader. Life's easy that way.
- People can be mean. I have learned of that so very early in life. In Hong Kong, they can be meaner. When the maitre d' sits you in a table right in front of the restaurant entrance with its automatic sliding doors -- the radar sensor kind, take note, that makes her meaner than all of my childhood tormentors combined. Do I have to mention that the place is located in a very busy street? That every time someone stops to read and check out their daily specials posted outside, the door opens? In winter! I don't need to tell you that, no? She can't give us a table anywhere else but she happily assisted the other locals who came in after us to tables upstairs. I told you, mean.
- You want a Coke? Just say Cola-Cola!
- When the weather center says temperature could drop to five degrees, believe it. They know better. I had that moment -- that confusing, terrifying moment when I made peace with the world and entertained the idea of me dying of hypothermia right there in Disneyland. No kidding.
- I don't like big airports. Period.
