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| Sign on the door at the Wild Duck |
Today’s walk takes us west, down to the main road. It’s a sunny day with a bit of a breeze so we decide to check out a pharmacy that people have spoken highly of. All pharmacies here, as in the South, are small. That’s in part because they don’t really carry most of the items that fill the drug store shelves in Canada. No lipstick, magazines, last minute kiddie birthday gifts. Mostly medicines, prescription and otherwise. Many medications that would require a prescription in Canada don’t here. Others are verboten regardless of prescription. Pharmacies also have things like medicated skin creams - nothing sexy. A pharmacy - eczane - is where I went to buy hydrogen peroxide. Can see the reasons that foreigners like this one. For one thing the pharmacist is quick on the uptake - and she speaks excellent English.
Almost next door is the Wild Duck restaurant. That also apparently appeals to foreigners. And to us, in a way. Not particularly interested in the menu, which seems to run mainly to English comfort food, none of it underpriced. But the setting is a pleasure. A large fenced park with a duck pond, children’s play equipment and plenty of outside tables - choose sun or shade. We pick a cool, shady spot and split a beer. Our walk is about two kilometres each way with this the midpoint.
Stop in at Bestmar on the way back and buy a couple of artichokes and some sundried olives.