We have a lovely apartment on the 29^th floor near the river.  We have a fabulous view from our flat.  It is a bit of a wait to get the lift – a two minute ride top to bottom. On days we are running out to catch the bus for school,  Jim will push for the lift while we get shoes on everyone.  Of course, I am not complaining after walking up five flights of stairs daily in HK.  Our apartment is so nice compared to Hong Kong.  We joke that we moved from the Bronx’s to Manhattan.  We went from 1, 000 sq to almost 3, 000 sq.  The girls love having so much room to play. 

We recently received our air shipment from California.  The girls wanted to make something from the boxes - now we have a “Secrit Club House” in our living room.  Jim and I joke that the clubhouse would have taken up our entire living area in HK.  In Shanghai, it is in the “South 40” behind the couch.