Things to Do, People to See! Part 2

Part 2 of our last week in KC...

Wednesday (8th)
La Bodega
The Kidwell's (Steve & Jill)
We had sangria, a ton of different tapas, and great conversation! It was so fun and so good to see Steve and Jill after such a long time! :-)

Steve & I (sadly, we forgot our camera that night and this is the only picture I have with Steve that I can find! Playing golf in 100 deg weather...very attractive!)

Thursday (9th)
Pizza and Wine!
Geraldine & Orestes
We went over to their apartment and had dinner -- we brought the wine, they provided the pizza -- it was perfect!! Exactly what we needed -- a relaxing night discussing and catching up on life! We appreciated them taking the time out of their busy schedule to see us! (Orestes is finishing his doctorate and Geraldine is taking night classes to get her masters!) No pictures that night either...

Friday (10th)
The Classic Cup
& Tomfooerlies (for drinks)
Jennifer & Brett, Geraldine & Orestes

We had wonderful time having dinner and drinks with everyone that night! Thank you to Jennifer for thinking of the idea!! :-) Also, thanks to Brett who drove in all the way from Columbia! It's always nice to be surrounded by GREAT friends!
We do have pictures for this one!

Lio & I, Jennifer & Brett

Lio & I, Orestes & Geraldine

Saturday (11th)
Lio & I cooked dinner for the family -- stuffed peppers, tomatos and squash; rice and 'gratin dauphinois' (potato gratin w/a ton of cream and emmental cheese-YUM!) -- then the top of our wedding cake for dessert! (Since we couldn't take it with us!)

I guess it figures -- we were a little too nice one another at the wedding... I'm glad we don't have pictures after we fed each other... icing was everywhere!

Sunday (12th)
My Mom & Dad smoked baby back ribs and sausages for our last night - it was so fun to have everyone there at the table that night! :-) We told the funnest stories and had some great laughs! It was wonderful and I will miss everyone so much... :-( Love you all!

Monday (13th)

Rachael Moment -- (that morning) I of course forgot to change my phone to a pre-paid (before we left) so I could keep the number -- I drove 25 mins all the way to the AT&T store and they told me I couldn't do it there and had to call the customer service line. Worthless... So I wasted a good hour and a half getting that done.

When I got back, we just got everything packed up and brought our bags downstairs -- 2 large suitcases apiece, along with 2 carryons apiece! My dad came back from work, we had our wonderful leftovers from the last two nights and then headed to the airport. (It was so sad to leave!)

Our Itinerary: (all local times)

Monday 4:40pm - Kansas City to Minneapolis (1.5 hours)

Monday 7:00pm - Minneapolis to Los Angeles (4 hours) -- then a 6 hour layover in LA

Tuesday 1:34am - Los Angeles to Taipei, Taiwan (13 hours)

Wednesday 7:30am - Taipei, Taiwan to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (4 hours)

These pictures are from the third leg of the flight... (we are so tired - it was 3:30am in the morning for us with the time difference)