I need to sort out Internet access as my French sim no longer works. It is a beautiful day so unload my bike, don't need a jacket, and set off to the beach where there is a beautiful promenade stretching for miles all along the front of the Roses bay. Actually it is not so hot, sunny yes, but bloody freezing in the wind. This is one of the best bike rides ever. The paving is so smooth I hardly have to peddle at all. There is no puff, no exertion, just like freewheeling for miles. The bay's palm trees have been taken over by noisy green parrots all flying about and protecting their nests. If it wasn't so cold it would be idyllic.
I am also in search of something else! We are running short of the green ( can be blue) loo chemical designed to dissolve all stuff that ends up in our smart Thetford suitcase on wheels which is actually our loo. We have asked about and all brits bring large quantities from the uk, so no help there. The Bulgarian receptionist has drawn circles on the town map for me showing me the location of Vodaphone, Moviestar, and a Ferratero (hardware shop). Whilst asking directions from the owner of a cafe on the front, she explains that it is Fiesta day and everything is closed until tomorrow. Just my luck. I decide to at least identify the shops to save time the following day and to my surprise find the Ferratero open. A very young male assistant accosts me at the door offering help and I explain in English I want " toilet chemical for camping car". He takes me to the shelf where they have bottles of cleaners. More charades and gesticulating result in us going to the bathroom section and being shown a nice white Spanish lavatory. He points to the area up under the rim. Hmmm. We need another assistant!
My helpful friend asked me again what the words were and then repeated them to his friend who went behind the counter and bought out a 2.5 litre container of blue toilet chemical! Phew.
Spent the rest of the day chilling. Tapas lunch in the sunshine and an afternoon snooze.
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Location:Roses
Kitchen temperature 14 - Outside the same but rainy and very gloomy.
ReplyDeleteSo I've put some Christmas deccies up - to add a bit of cheer. It is nearly working .
I hope you have a bit of tinsel somewhere in your moving home.
I remember sailing conversations Always ended up talking toilets - los aseos -(ass-eh-oss) What you won't be able to ask about in the toilet area won't be worth asking by the end of this journey.
I'm practicing " me ensena la lista de vinos ?"
Mucho xxxxx Marilyn