Macau...the day!

Macau here we come

After a busy day in Hong Kong we hopped on this beast for a 1 hour ride to Macau.

All aboard

Hong Kong was nice, but we were ready to see what Macau had to offer.  

Just me and Seongeun...and this creepy photo bomber.

Senado Square

Senado Square Church

Our first stop was Senado Square, near our hotel.

Macau had a very European feel to it.
That's largely due to Portuguese colonization. 

Besides the strung up decorations for the Chinese New Year, I didn't feel I was in China.

Almond cookies...yum!

Beef jerky...yummier!

More please

The Ruins of St. Paul's Cathedral is nearby Senado Square.

But even better than some ruins, was this street on the way there.

This street is lined with food stalls selling snacks like these.

The best part, they give out free samples.

I was ready to buy some jerky and cookies after my first taste.

Luckily Seongeun knew better than to buy.

We enjoyed free samples the whole way up the street.

By the time we got to the top, I wasn't hungry anymore.

Highly recommended sandwich shop

Pork or beef?

Get a room you two!

Right before the ruins was this sandwich shop.

Seongeun researched it, so we knew to save room for it.

We chose the pork sandwich. 

It smelled so good, I had to kiss it first.

The taste was even better than the smell.

Pretty sure Seongeun got a little jealous.

She ate the sandwich pretty aggressively after this.

Ruin's of St. Paul's Cathedral

Hey! There's nothing back here.

See...literally nothing.

This Portuguese cathedral was erected in the 17th century.

It was dedicated to Saint Paul the Apostle.

The cathedral was destroyed in 1835 by a fire, during a typhoon.

Yep, a fire and a typhoon! You read that right.

Nowadays the facade is all that is left.

Portuguese man and Macanese woman

Cheesy?...You betcha

Near the ruins is this statue.

It represent the love between a Portuguese man and Macanese woman.

I wonder whose idea it was to copy the pose???

Just in case the pose wasn't awkward enough...

the other tourists took pictures of us like they were paparazzi. 

Coloane Village

Coloane Church

It's so yellow.

Church courtyard

Coloane was one of my favorite destinations of this trip.

The town looked like something out of a fairy tale.

It was a sleepy little fishing village, famous for this yellow church.

The church wasn't easy to find, and the weather wasn't cooperating. 

Lord Stow's Bakery

Egg tarts to die for.

One of the best things I've tasted.

But the real reason this village topped my list...

was because of this bakery.

Lord Stow's makes delicious egg tarts.

I'm serious when I say these are soooooo good.

I would probably punch a baby in the face to eat these again.  That good!



We were only in Macau for one day.
But this post is already getting a bit long.
So I will break it into two posts.