After a good night's sleep we woke at 8am - a luxury to have a sleep- in! Another hot sunny day. Hotel breakfast, then to the bank to change more money and to the laundromat. It cost 12.75 lei(NZ$3.50) for a load to be washed and dried, ready in 4 hours. We walked there with Jos, and by the time we got back to the hotel it was midday. Retired to our air-conditioned room to do emails and rest for an hour. Then spent 1/2 hour cashing a travellers cheque - it took a visit to six banks before we found one which would cash the cheque. We went with Jos to a local fast food restaurant for lunch at 2pm. It was a set meal- vegetable soup and a fresh roll, chips and chicken pieces. All for NZ$3 each, about 10lei.
There are a few groups of street urchins around, aged from 5 to 10, trying to get us to buy flowers from them. We saw them come into the restaurant and one took the plate with the leftover food someone had left behind and went outside to share the remaining chips with the others. We have seen a few beggars, but no more than anywhere else. Also a few disabled people begging. But generally a lot of well dressed, attractive young women, and a mixture of smartly dressed and sloppily dressed men, generally not so handsome! Most of the young people we dealt with all seem to speak English. After lunch we walked down to look inside the Greek Orthodox Cathedral, built in the 1940s. It is fairly dark inside, not too many windows. A lot of gold embellishment, gold candelabra, and icon paintings.
Sat in the shade at a cafe for a coffee and to watch the world go by. Many cafes have a fine mist spraying from the umbrellas, which has the effect of dropping the temperature about 5 degrees. After a walk to the supermarket to stock up on energy bars, we took a taxi, along with Janice, to the laundromat to collect washing for a number of people. This was a good move as saved an hour of walking in the heat and cost relatively little when divided up. Then out to dinner with Janice, Stewart, Mike, Karen and Garris to a restaurant a few minutes walk from the hotel. A beautiful calm evening, lots of people out walking and eating. Nice food - pasta dishes, broiled (=grilled) meats, etc.
Back to repack and off to bed.
There are a few groups of street urchins around, aged from 5 to 10, trying to get us to buy flowers from them. We saw them come into the restaurant and one took the plate with the leftover food someone had left behind and went outside to share the remaining chips with the others. We have seen a few beggars, but no more than anywhere else. Also a few disabled people begging. But generally a lot of well dressed, attractive young women, and a mixture of smartly dressed and sloppily dressed men, generally not so handsome! Most of the young people we dealt with all seem to speak English. After lunch we walked down to look inside the Greek Orthodox Cathedral, built in the 1940s. It is fairly dark inside, not too many windows. A lot of gold embellishment, gold candelabra, and icon paintings.
Sat in the shade at a cafe for a coffee and to watch the world go by. Many cafes have a fine mist spraying from the umbrellas, which has the effect of dropping the temperature about 5 degrees. After a walk to the supermarket to stock up on energy bars, we took a taxi, along with Janice, to the laundromat to collect washing for a number of people. This was a good move as saved an hour of walking in the heat and cost relatively little when divided up. Then out to dinner with Janice, Stewart, Mike, Karen and Garris to a restaurant a few minutes walk from the hotel. A beautiful calm evening, lots of people out walking and eating. Nice food - pasta dishes, broiled (=grilled) meats, etc.
Back to repack and off to bed.
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