For the rest of the day we chillaxed by the pool. It was such a nice way to spend the afternoon. In the evening we decided to cook in the apartment rather than go out.
As Monday, Wednesday and Friday of this week and next week we are having tennis lessons at Victoria Park in Causeway Bay, I thought it would be nice to give you some information about Victoria Park. Fronting onto Causeway Road, Victoria Park is one of Hong Kong's most popular open areas. It has numerous sporting facilities including: tennis courts (obviously), a jogging track, a swimming pool (a new one is currently under construction), areas to play football and other sports. A bronze statue of Queen Victoria looking unamused sits guarding the entrance to the park. I am sure that you would look unamused too if you had been through what she has: starting life in London, she was then erected in Statue Square in Central Hong Kong. During the Japanese occupation, she was taken to Japan to be melted down along with other statues from the square. After the Second World War she was placed where she stands today. However, that wasn't the end of her troubles - she suffered a blow to the nose by vandals. Now she is fully restored and sits looking unamused (as I'm sure you understand now) at the Causeway Road entrance to her own park.
It is a pleasure to play tennis under Queen Victoria's watchful eye but I wonder how many of the people using the park know who she is!
Speak soon
Love Meganxxx
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