After Ying dropped off the kids in the morning (from the sleepover), we finished up packing up all our bags. And then headed over to Cafe Kaila for some breakfast.

With a couple of hours before we had to check-out, we headed over to the Ala Moana Mall and discovered Shirokiya Department Store, which has a whole [...]]]> Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/emmfan/er-fans/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-flickr-manager/FlickrManager.php on line 831

After Ying dropped off the kids in the morning (from the sleepover), we finished up packing up all our bags. And then headed over to Cafe Kaila for some breakfast.

With a couple of hours before we had to check-out, we headed over to the Ala Moana Mall and discovered Shirokiya Department Store, which has a whole Sanrio section. And on the top floor, they have a food court filled with food stalls of authentic Japanese dishes, which we were only too happy to buy up for later consumption on the road.

We then went back to the hotel to get our bags and headed over to the airport where we met up with Fred and Joyce who were on the same flight back to LA. [slideshow]

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We started off with an early morning flight out of LAX. After arriving in Hawaii and meeting up with Emmanuel’s parents, we were welcomed at our rental house by Honolulu PD (we inadvertently set off the home alarm while waiting impatiently for the house keys).

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We started off with an early morning flight out of LAX. After arriving in Hawaii and meeting up with Emmanuel’s parents, we were welcomed at our rental house by Honolulu PD (we inadvertently set off the home alarm while waiting impatiently for the house keys).

Once we had all settled in, we did some shopping downtown to stock up on food and gear up on snorkeling and fishing gear. Elijah finished off the evening with some late night fishing off our back porch. His first catch was a little less than impressive. [slideshow]

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After dinner, we hopped on the HSR to head back to Taipei. The girls complained they hadn’t gotten dessert as promised, so fortunately 7-11s abound and food is allowed on the HSR. [slideshow]

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After dinner, we hopped on the HSR to head back to Taipei. The girls complained they hadn’t gotten dessert as promised, so fortunately 7-11s abound and food is allowed on the HSR. [slideshow]

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Rebecca and the girls headed down to Taichung with Emmanuel meeting them on the HSR directly from the airport upon returning from Singapore. [slideshow]

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Rebecca and the girls headed down to Taichung with Emmanuel meeting them on the HSR directly from the airport upon returning from Singapore. [slideshow]

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Rebecca took some pictures of Juliette from their hotel room at the Agora. [slideshow]

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Rebecca took some pictures of Juliette from their hotel room at the Agora. [slideshow]

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Rebecca took the girls up to the “top” of 101 to enjoy the view and see the building exhibit. [slideshow]

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Rebecca took the girls up to the “top” of 101 to enjoy the view and see the building exhibit. [slideshow]

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For the first week in Taipei, we stayed at the Agora Hotel in Taipei’s Sinyi District. It was a welcome retreat from Taipei’s high summer heat and humidity. [slideshow]

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For the first week in Taipei, we stayed at the Agora Hotel in Taipei’s Sinyi District. It was a welcome retreat from Taipei’s high summer heat and humidity. [slideshow]

Posted from Taiwan.

On our first morning in Taiwan, jetlag got us up way earlier than we should have. So what better to do than to make a trek out to the nearest Taiwanese breakfast cafe. [slideshow]

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On our first morning in Taiwan, jetlag got us up way earlier than we should have. So what better to do than to make a trek out to the nearest Taiwanese breakfast cafe. [slideshow]

Posted from Taiwan.

For our last day, we had a change of pace, with our friend Pauline bringing over her kids to swim in our hotel’s indoor pool. For breakfast,they brought some hot coffee and delicious homemade chocolate-chip banana muffins. The kids had a blast together in the pool, and the parents got some extended and mostly uninterrupted sharing [...]]]> Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/emmfan/er-fans/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-flickr-manager/FlickrManager.php on line 831

For our last day, we had a change of pace, with our friend Pauline bringing over her kids to swim in our hotel’s indoor pool. For breakfast,they brought some hot coffee and delicious homemade chocolate-chip banana muffins. The kids had a blast together in the pool, and the parents got some extended and mostly uninterrupted sharing time.

Afterwards, we headed over to the airport (SFO) to drop off our car rental and catch a quick flight back home. Fortunately, NorCal traffic isn’t anything like SoCal, so we were able to make everything smoothly, including a short tram ride to the terminal. [slideshow]

Day Three started off at the Ferry Building, with some delicious snacks, including Elise’s new favorite food, salami cones from Boccalone.

We then had a mix-up finding our ferry launch to Alcatraz. But thanks to some steady thinking from mommy and a quick trolley ride to the right pier (33, NOT immediately outside Ferry Building), we eventually [...]]]> Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/emmfan/er-fans/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-flickr-manager/FlickrManager.php on line 831

Day Three started off at the Ferry Building, with some delicious snacks, including Elise’s new favorite food, salami cones from Boccalone.

We then had a mix-up finding our ferry launch to Alcatraz. But thanks to some steady thinking from mommy and a quick trolley ride to the right pier (33, NOT immediately outside Ferry Building), we eventually made it to The Rock. This was Juliette’s favorite stop of the trip, you can check out Ju’s Alcatraz photo tour.

Afterwards, we had to spend some more time eating at the Ferry Building, getting MORE salami, and some tasty seafood stews and oysters at Hog Island. We finished off the day in J-Town with noodles at Mifune (another Chik rec.) and an unplanned shopping frenzy at the 100-yen Daiso store. [slideshow]