Oh wow, I am really super jealous of you right now. London is like my dream place to be even though I've never actually BEEN there. It seriously seems so great though, and despite its history I DO think it is more advanced when it comes to social issues. I don't know, maybe it's the fact that I live in Canada and while it is a GREAT country, don't get me wrong, I find it very dull and like there isn't a lot to offer? I contemplated hopping over to the US when I was younger, but honestly the US scares me a lot now that I have more of an adult view on it rather than "LOOK AT THE PRETTY TALL BUILDINGS." But definitely now if I could live anywhere in the world, it would be London. Especially since it's a pretty great place to travel from too. And actually, as part of the commonwealth, if I wanted to I could do like a two year working visa and go there and work for two years (as the name implies, lol.) Which I REALLY want to do, but I am sort of hoping to get some schooling under my belt first, sighs.
I am actually not all that surprised about Paris, even though I AM sad that you didn't enjoy it. A shame too since it seems like a really great place to visit for architecture and museums and stuff like that.
I don't actually know that much about Hong Kong, but I DO have a funny story about Chinese food. My grandmother actually went to China a little bit back for a few weeks, and when she came back she said she was pretty much off celery forever. Which I found weird, because I find celery isn't a HUGE staple in most Chinese restaurants I've been to (mind you, I haven't been to any really authentic ones.) But she said it was in EVERYTHING SHE ATE and I don't know, I found that pretty funny.
READ ANYTHING GOOD LATELY THOUGH? I recently tried out John Green because there is a lot of hype about him. His stories aren't generally what I read though so I was pretty wary, but in the end it really wasn't all that bad. Oh, and there's a book called um, The Child Thief by Brom that I think you MIGHT like? So if you ever get a chance to check that out, you should!
PS, how many more semesters/years of college do you actually have left? I'm sure one semester won't put you back too far.