Visit to Leonard and Eddie

Spent a wonderful day and evening with Leonard's family in Montreal, Quebec!
Leonard and Christiane drove us around the city and visited St. Joseph Oratory, Mont-Royal, Old Montreal, City Hall,
Old Port of Montreal, Notre-Dame Basilica, downtown underground shopping network, and Chinatown. Enjoyed
a delicious Quebecois lunch, plus  breakfast and dinner prepared by Leonard/Christiane. Thanks to Leonard and Christiane
for their hospitality! Enjoyed a great visit to Montreal. Another week long trip to Montreal is being planned.

On the way back to Boston, a sit-down lunch with Eddie Chan Siu Ki was planned. Due to time shortage, the lunch
meeting was changed to a McDonalds in Woburn Mall (Woburn, MA) for a quick 30min lunch before heading to
Boston Logan airport.
 

May5: St. Joseph Oratory	St. Joseph Oratory terrace	L-R: Salina, Kelly, Leonard, Christiane	The Main Portico
Mont-Royal lookout platform	Lunch at Risto-Bar L'Aventure, Vieux (old) Montreal	Walk around Vieux Port	Dinner at Leonard's house
	May6: Lunch with Eddie Chan Siu Ki at McDonalds in Woburn Mall

Thanks to Leonard, here is his detailed write-up about the visit.

                The white Ford Escape SUV arrived in the
                driveway just about 6:50pm
                Sunday, May 4. Kelly and Salina emerged from
                the car and were greeted
                by me and Christiane. Even though it has been
                30 years, I have seen
                Kelly and Salina's recent pictures on Kelly's
                web site so I had no
                problem recognizing them. The reverse might not
                be true.

                Anyway, both Christiane and I were very excited
                and happy to see them
                arrive early and safe. Driving in Montreal is
                not easy, and is often
                further complicated by the ever-ending road
                constructions (more like
                destructions). BTW, Kelly has put up some pictures of this visit on
                his site. You can go see what we look like these days.
 

                Here are some highlights of their stay:
 

                -Kelly looks taller than I remember. In fact he has more hair than
                during the Wah Yan days. Is that a miracle or what?

                -Kelly brought with him the Wah Yan '72 yearbook. That gave me a
                chance to revisit people and things from days past that had quietly
                escaped my memories.

                -Looking at Kelly and Salina, it's hard to believe that we will all
                be turning 50 in couple years. At least during their 2 day visit, I
                felt like 19 again. That may indeed be the true reason for our
                excitement over these reunions: to feel young again.

                -Kelly and Salina both learned a few French words, and they can
                surely use them back in California since Spanish and French are very
                close.

                -Kelly and Christiane love cooking, while Salina and I both enjoy
                eating. During their visit, we were already talking about future
                trips: their return to Montreal for a longer trip so we can all
                explore the area together; and our visit out West in the Bay area.
                Perhaps we can stir up interests among other Wah Yan boys for some of
                these get togethers.

                -All four of us enjoy travelling. On their way to Montreal, Kelly and
                Salina stopped over at Vermont to visit the von Trapp estate (family
                in the movie Sound of Music), and they gave us a book on the family
                history. Incidentally we were just in Austria last September and we
                visited some sites where the family lived before they moved to the
                US. So we took out the old photo album to reminisce. We even talked
                about travelling together in the future.

                -On Monday, May 5, we drove to visit various places in Montreal; and
                had a good lunch in Old Montreal. For more details, see pictures on
                Kelly's web site. Their visit was short but sweet. We had some time
                to fill each other in on all the ups and downs of the last 30 years.
                I swear that if we all write down what we had gone through in the
                last 3 decades, it would be quite an interesting book.

                -It must have been the old Wah Yan magic. The weather was exceptional
                great during their visit: 20C and sunny. In fact we all had a bit of
                a sun burn. The day after they left, the temp dropped to 13C and it
                rained all day long.

                -I think we all truly enjoyed this short visit, and I am certain that
                our spouses (Salina and Christiane) were quite amazed at how quickly
                we become comfortable and friendly with each other after a 30 year
                separation.

                -We are now anxious for other reunions with the old boys and their
                families. Too bad the Toronto reunion in June has to be postponed
                indefinitely for now. May be we can have a smaller scale get together
                some time this summer in the Bay area. Anyone interested?
 

                Leonard