{"id":659,"date":"2015-09-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-09-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T00:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heatherparisi.com\/?p=659","title":{"rendered":"Paziente tortura &#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cina<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ho viaggiato in Cina per tutti gli ultimi 10 anni e vivo a <strong>Hong Kong<\/strong> oramai da 5 anni &#8230; (anche se sembro ripetermi, incredibile, ma vero, capita ancora chi mi chiede &#8220;<em>Dove vivi?<\/em>&#8220;).<\/p>\n<p>Raggiungere i posti pi&ugrave; sperduti in macchina, in aereo o in treno, non &egrave; mai stato un problema.<\/p>\n<p>Almeno fino a poco tempo fa &#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Ora, quello che potrebbe apparire il viaggio pi&ugrave; semplice, ossia volare su <strong>Pechino <\/strong>o su <strong>Shanghai<\/strong>, &egrave; diventato un incubo. Le mie parole non potranno mai descrivere la frustrazione e l&#8217;incertezza che due voli cos&igrave; brevi (in fondo si tratta di poco pi&ugrave; di due ore) mi hanno arrecato questa estate.<\/p>\n<p>Chiunque viva da queste parti sa perfettamente di cosa sto parlando.<\/p>\n<p>La mia fortuna &egrave; che i miei gemelli, <strong>Elizabeth<\/strong> e<strong> Dylan<\/strong>, hanno cominciato a volare dall&#8217;et&agrave; di soli due mesi e sono irreprensibili di fronte a qualsiasi imprevisto &#8230;.. Ovunque sia andata, ho solo ricevuto complimenti per la loro straordinaria capacit&agrave; di rimanere in &#8220;silenzio e praticamente invisibili&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Nel loro zainetto da viaggio hanno tutto quello che per loro &egrave; indispensabile: il <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Samsung Note<\/span> con i loro film preferiti (tra tutti, <strong>Mamma Mia<\/strong> e <strong>The Secret Garden<\/strong>) e un&#8217;infinit&agrave; di snack preparati da me per soddisfare ogni esigenza di gola &#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>Sono totalmente indipendenti e interagiscono da soli con il personale di bordo senza disdegnare di stringere amicizia con chi si trova a loro portata di sguardo &#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>Il volo per Pechino &egrave; durato complessivamente 10 ore di cui solo due di volo effettivo. Il resto del tempo &egrave; trascorso sulla pista di Hong Kong in attesa del decollo e nell&#8217;aerea di parcheggio di un aeroporto vicino a Pechino, aspettando che la congestione di traffico aereo nella capitale finisse.<\/p>\n<p>Ma non si tratta di un&#8217;eccezione !!! Questa &egrave; la regola di ogni giorno. Sar&agrave; il meteo, sar&agrave; lo spazio aereo gestito dai militari o la smisurata crescita del numero dei voli, sar&agrave; il tutto insieme, ma a me appare come un unico interminabile incubo.<\/p>\n<p>Tre settimane dopo il volo per Shanghai si &egrave; rivelato, se possibilie, ancor pi&ugrave; frustrante.<\/p>\n<p>Cinque ore di ritardo alla partenza da Hong Kong e ben due ore di attesa sulla pista di Shanghai prima di trovare uno slot libero per il disimbarco.&nbsp; Totale 9 ore, again !!! Siamo arrivati in all&#8217;albergo alle 4 del mattino &#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>Ma con mia grande meraviglia, in tutto questo disservizio, non ho sentito levarsi una sola voce di protesta &nbsp;&#8230;&#8230;&nbsp; Probabilmente &egrave; stata solo fortuna.<\/p>\n<p>Una settimana fa a <strong>Hanzhou<\/strong> i passeggeri, frustrati per le infinite ore di attesa all&#8217;interno dell&#8217; aereo, all&#8217; annuncio della cancellazione del volo si sono rifiutati di scendere e vi sono rimasti per altre 6 ore !!!! Come dire, masochismo puro !!!! &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>HP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; English Version &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>China<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We have been travelling to <strong>China<\/strong> for the past 10 years and have been living here in <strong>Hong Kong<\/strong> for the last 5 &#8230; (I am repeating myself since people do OFTEN ask &#8220;<em>Where do you live now?<\/em>&#8220;) &#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Getting somewhere by car, train or even plane, has always been easy as pie.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Until now &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>My wording will in no way come close to the ordeal we went thru this summer, when travelling from Hong Kong to <strong>Beijing<\/strong> and <strong>Shanghai<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I know that there are a lot of you who are on my same wave-length regarding this issue and anyone living here in China, will understand exactly what I am talking about &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thank God our twins, <strong>Elizabeth<\/strong> and<strong> Dylan<\/strong>, have been on airplanes since they were 2 months old and are unwavering troopers &#8230; Everywhere they go, we are complimented on their ability to be &#8220;SILENT AND INVISIBLE&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In their backpacks, they have their own <strong>Samsung Note<\/strong> with dozens of their favourite movies inside (<strong>Mamma Mia<\/strong>, <strong>The Secret Garden<\/strong> etc), goodies made especially by me for anything they desire. They are, in no way, shy when asking a flight attendant for another yoghurt or more fruit for breakfast, let alone asking for a glass of something to drink. They will pick up a conversation with anyone sitting near them &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Leaving for Beijing was pure agony and we were literally on the airplane for 10 hours, when it is only a 2 1\/2 hour flight!! &#8230; Call it whatever you please from, &#8220;air traffic&#8221; &#8230;. &#8220;weather problems&#8221; &#8230;. &#8220;Military problems&#8221; &#8230;. &#8220;summer problems&#8221; &#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>There were PROBLEMS &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We landed (after almost 6 hours of being prisoners on the runway in Hong Kong) at an airport 1 hour outside of Beijing. They said it was because of the rain, but you must know that it SNOWS in Beijing in the wintertime, so&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;?!? &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>After 1 hour of not understanding what our destiny was, the plane took off for Beijing and we arrived with an almost 8 hour delay &#8230;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Well, believe you, me, I thought I was ready for anything after that trip.<\/p>\n<p>But the trauma we underwent next time around, was &#8220;<strong>Patience Torture<\/strong>&#8221; &#8230;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Shanghai was even more exhausting. Since they already knew that ALL FLIGHTS (besides the first 2 in the early morning) would be delayed, they let us lounge about at the airport, without a hint to &#8220;when and if&#8221; we would be departing. Arriving 1 hour prior and waiting 6 hours, for another 2 hour flight &#8230;. can begin to provoke your nerves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I will cut to the chase &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Leaving at 10:30 pm (22:30) from HK, we arrived in Shanghai at 1:15 am (in the morning!!) AND, had to wait ON THE RUNWAY for another hour and a half, so we could &#8220;park&#8221; &#8230; Frustrating, I must say. I would have walked to the terminal!! &#8230; There wasn&#8217;t even 1 parking slot available for our plane, at 1:15 in the morning!!!! &#8230;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>People were speechless at this point and I was imagining this happening in the <strong>United States<\/strong> and the consequences &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>After 10 hours, we were sleep walking, enervated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Arriving at 4:00 am in the morning to our hotel was like being in a foggy trance &#8230;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bed, bed, bed was the only thing on our minds &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>P.S. A week ago in <strong>Hangzhou<\/strong>, travellers held for hours on an airplane were furious when told the flight had been cancelled &#8230; Their reaction?! They refused to get OFF the plane for 6 hours &#8230; Pure masochism &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>HP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Cina Ho viaggiato in Cina per tutti gli ultimi 10 anni e [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heatherparisi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heatherparisi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heatherparisi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heatherparisi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heatherparisi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.heatherparisi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heatherparisi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heatherparisi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heatherparisi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heatherparisi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}