Wow! It is hard to believe that we have been here a week. This morning presents the choice of blogging or braving the icy cold water for a shower. Apparently the water pressure is too low to heat this morning, so I present myself to you friends and family (without a picture) stinky and smelly.
We went to our first church service here yesterday and joined the Easter choir! It took us an hour and fifteen minutes to use public transit to get there the long way. There are two buses from our neighborhood and we chose unwisely. Next week we are hoping for a quicker trip. Micah enjoyed chasing the church cat around the sanctuary while we practiced our choir piece.
We bought a living room and dining room set on Friday. It took 8 hours to find the store, decide on something we would enjoy spending that much money on, and getting home. I think we used every form of transport available in the city except the ferry. After a week, I am proud to say that there are a few places that have become familiar - because we have passed them at least twice on a bus. There are also many places that are not familiar. ;-)
We went to two malls this week. Wow! One of the malls has 8 floors and was the 3rd largest in the world when it was built! It has horses that you can ride on one floor! Crazy! It also has a home depot type store that will be our best friend as we stock our house. IKEA would be our best friend except that we have no clue how to get there. It's really far away.
I've decided that my way of rewarding myself for each day of hiking up our mad hill and dealing with city life will be a new candy bar. I think Lisa told me one time that she made a point of visiting a candy store in each country she visited. So far, I've had 3 and I really liked the sesame brittle. But the hazelnut-chocolate-wafer cookie was really good too. Micah loves the ice cream which means that I don't get much unless I order a double.
Rick is off across the city to try and pick up our bedroom set with a friend and his mover friend. We could have shelves and drawers by the end of this day! That would be so refreshing after living out of suitcases for three weeks.
I'm going to go check the water pressure again...and wish you all a happy week!
