We've hit a detour in our life. Call it re-directed, re-routed, re-positioned, whatever. The point is, our lives are on the verge of a really big, but really exciting, change. This happened to us once before, in 2001 to be exact, when the road we were travelling in Erie, Pennsylvania took a turn and brought us here to the Triangle area of North Carolina. So, some nine years later, here we are again, about to take another detour. But this one is not taking us just a little further south or even across these united states. It's taking us overseas -- to Hong Kong.
My feelings about this relocation are as varied as people's responses. I've heard everything from the enthusiastic "so cool!" to the accusing "how can you do that to your family?". I like to say that I am totally excited and totally terrified. Well, wouldn't you be? I am excited to embark on a true adventure, to dive head first into a life that is foreign and unknown and to add a unique twist to the story of my life. But I am terrified to embark on a true adventure, to dive head first into a life that is foreign and unknown and to add a unique twist to the story of my life. What it comes down to is this. Sometimes you have to take a chance to take an opportunity. I would hate to live the rest of my life wondering what life would have been like had we gone to live in Hong Kong for a few years.
And so it begins, the planning, the logistics, the emotions, the culture shock, the goodbyes. And so begins this blog, Detoured: Hong Kong. Care to follow us on our journey? Read on.
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