It is our first day in our new house. We were very tired last night but for some reason I couldn’t sleep – I spent quite a while looking on the bed looking our the window of our new home. The street is very quiet both in the day time and night time.
We got here later than expected last night as we decided to catch a different bus to see its route. It goes through a much nicer part of town and although takes a bit longer has a bus stop not far away from the house. So, we think that will be our bus route from now on. We of course had lots of bags and getting on the bus at peak hour was great fun. As we got on I heard two woman saying that we shouldn’t travel at that time of the day with our luggage. Anyway, it shows how people are so different when one man offered to lift my bag the two steps up. We had to wait for ages cos the machine didn’t want to accept Harry’s brand spanking new weekly bus ticket. When it came to my turn the machine spat it out without date stamping it so I got a free bus ride.
Although we had lots of luggage we unpacked quite quickly as there is quite a few winter clothes (and boy did Haz bring lots of socks!!!!) still in our suitcase. A couple of photos of our bedroom with the special things I bought from home.
Yesterday we wandered up towards the markets and went to St Stephens a church that was built in the 1200’s. It was quite small and quaint and had a really nice cafe. We bought a huge baked potato for £3 and coffee wasn’t that bad either. The two guys behind the counter were really friendly. It seems it is quite a go ahead inner city church trying to make a difference with concerts and pilate classes.
Today, we wandered through the park to the supermarket. By road, I think it would be about 30 minutes but through the park it was half the distance. Fresh meat and veg are very expensive here – I would think about 3 times the price. Most other groceries seem comparable in price, though the range of foods seem to be a little less. We packed up our back packs, and both carried plastic bags and got back without it raining too hard. Jayne has freed up lots of space in the kitchen so we packed it all into the fridge, freezer and cupboards. Did a couple of loads of washing, rang up about jobs and then came into town. Looking for a router for internet . Ended up walking about along the wharves and having a nice early dinner outside under umbrellas. (photos of hanging baskets and window boxes are especially for my friends and Mum that like gardens).
While in the pc shop I got a ring to say I have a job interview on Monday. It is with a training organisation associated with the health department over here – doing project admin. Haz also got a call to say that a recruitment agency has a number of service manager jobs for him to consider which he is pleased about cos insurance help desk doesn’t really appeal to him – don’t blame him. Anyway, we may be employed soon – and our holiday ends.
I keep forgetting to mention the traffic lights here. For pedestrians, they are sometimes positioned across the road with the traffic lights and don’t usually make a noise when it is time for us to cross. A lot of inner city crossings have pedestrian lights at eye level on the same side of the road on which you are standing. I stand in a day dream waiting for a green signal to come from the other side and sometimes even miss the lights!! Even though the red man is lit up – it doesn’t mean someone has pushed the button – and so we have stood for quite a while waiting patiently and nothing happened. It all takes a bit of getting used to.
The cutest things I have seen so far – a swan with her four little goslings, a little dog like a scottish terrier standing on a boat nose in the air dressed in a bright red life jacket, and a white cat (little black patch on his neck) and a absolutely black tail like someone has dipped it in paint.
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