Tuesday-4Aug9-17:00
Note to Jim: I used your rocketmail to send email – I’ll explain later.
Today was the most beautiful sunny day you can imagine! People in the park with short sleeves – everyone running around like it is the first day of spring! And, it’s still sunny! All the wall electric heaters turned off – fan turned on! I spent much of the day walking most of the streets at least one way – some of them twice or three times either by accident or on purpose a couple of times. The Harbor Cruise boat had a line of people long enough for two boatloads. The bumper cars and revolving tea cups in the carnival in the park were full of kids. I was tempted to ride myself – but the cars were too small for me. And, oh yes, the largest grocery store (SuperValue) does have a very small selection of frozen foods – my error yesterday.
The cars, vans, and trucks on the streets are like watching a sideshow! They are all stopped more often than moving. The streets are very twisty and turny and there just isn’t enough room for the busses and trucks to make the turns. So, everything else stops while the larger vehicles try to find a way to get where they are going. Which makes it easy to cross the streets walking any where any time you feel like it – since all the traffic is stopped most of the time.
. The main tourist parking lot is to the right of my window and the shopping district to the left so I get to watch many of the people coming and going while I’m writing this. Speaking of shopping – I couldn’t resist an Irish grandfather’s shirt (on sale of course) striped flannel with stand-up collar and long sleeves, size Large. I answered the doorbell this morning with only pj’s on – didn’t pack a robe – so now I’ve got a wonderful coverup! It’s easy to get in the habit of thinking dollars instead of euros when you’re looking at prices – makes everything seem cheaper! Saw a great pair of high-top tennis shoes – black with some crazy writing all over them – I may have to go back for those.
As you can see, I’m really laid back – no worries – no difficulties – just pure FUN! Oh, I still haven’t figured out how to use this stupid mobile phone but am getting along just fine without it and I noticed a pay phone just across the street! Of course, Alana and Margie probably wonder why I’m being so standoffish!
I just walked across the street to visit the church and to my complete surprise when I looked at the Visitor’s Book – the last people to sign it – just yesterday – were the Robinettes from Clemson!!!
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