Thunderstorms predicted. Definite rainy season this year. M is off to Lidl by car and invites us to join her. Always worth a look, although there is a certain randomness to the products that will be available. Often good buys on cheese and chocolate and dinks, and indeed we do buy chocolate, wine and eggs. M acquires a couple of things for her new flat, to be occupied February 1, so we drive over. It's basically furnished, but she's adding bits. It's got personality and even a bit of charm, as well as two balconies (one of which becomes a separate living space) as well as a long sitting room, two bedrooms and a bright kitchen. We're duly appreciative and even go to the roof for a good view of the salt lake. Down the road we stop to examine a charity shop where M finds long, pink patterned curtains for her new bedroom, a good find. Trivia for the day: M's new street is Alexpapadiamanti, the "papa" segment of a Greek name indicating that at some point in the genealogy there was a priest in the family.
Mr Andreas is in reception when we return. did we remove the cover of the light in the bathroom? Was it to get more light? Yes, of course (there having been about 40 watts under an opaque shade in a windowless room). Ah, he beams. It must have a cover, he says, legally, but - triumphantly - we can have a new fixture. A hundred watts! And indeed at suppertime two young men arrive and install a dazzlingly bright light - aimed more at the eyes than the mirror, but a great improvement nontheless. And oour request for a teapot, a corkscrew and a frying pan has been met with a teapot, corkscrew and two frying pans. And the shower hardware has been fixed - more or less. Amazing Perhaps related to the two Norwegians who checked in on Monday and checked out the same day.
Two white habited nuns ahead of us at the checkout, with two supermarket carts. One contains eight cases of bottled water and one case (24 tins) of beer.
Mr Andreas is in reception when we return. did we remove the cover of the light in the bathroom? Was it to get more light? Yes, of course (there having been about 40 watts under an opaque shade in a windowless room). Ah, he beams. It must have a cover, he says, legally, but - triumphantly - we can have a new fixture. A hundred watts! And indeed at suppertime two young men arrive and install a dazzlingly bright light - aimed more at the eyes than the mirror, but a great improvement nontheless. And oour request for a teapot, a corkscrew and a frying pan has been met with a teapot, corkscrew and two frying pans. And the shower hardware has been fixed - more or less. Amazing Perhaps related to the two Norwegians who checked in on Monday and checked out the same day.
Two white habited nuns ahead of us at the checkout, with two supermarket carts. One contains eight cases of bottled water and one case (24 tins) of beer.
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