December ramblings...

Cheers!

It's looking a little like Christmas around our apartment building. Some people have put lights on their balconies and very cheesy looking garland. So you might ask what extravaganza have I put up....sigh....a measly string of snowflake lights on the balcony that I found on my 5 hour shopping trip with Colette at Ikea. Yes, five hours, no eating of Swedish meatballs, one heaping cart and one heaping flatbed. Not all mine! Lol.

Last night was our first Christmas party. Our apartment building went across the street to the park. It was a BYO plate, drink and chairs. Potluck to us Americans. There is also a fierce front door Christmas deco competition starting yesterday which was the talk of the party. A bottle of champagne is the prize. All our front doors face inside with a big walkway down the middle. Bedrooms are also on the inside. So although we have shutters on our bedroom window, we can also see the blinking lights of the front door deco that has gone up across the way on the third floor (we're on the second floor).

So let me try to explain how we can see our upstairs neighbor. Our apartment building has a roof that is corrugated material that lets the sun in because of the plants, but it's open between floors and there are no side walls. That's why you can see all the way up to the third floor and all the way down to the first. When you have the front door open the breeze can flow through. Of course there are a few side walls to hold the metal doors that let you in, but very minimal. Up the center is the elevator. Hard to explain but perfectly logical when you see it.

On a side note....at the grocery this week I saw kangaroo meat in the meat case, flavored tuna in tins that look like fancy feast cat food tins, vegetables still have the roots attached (think lettuce, fresh basil, etc), eggs are on a shelf not refrigerated, healthy food is called sanitarium, and you put money in a slot to get a grocery cart which I can only assume you get back when you check out, but maybe not.

We had our patio dining set delivered last week and the driver was all about calling me darlin'. I wouldn't have minded except that he was a scrawny old man, not a young good looking Oz guy. This week we will have pots and plants delivered and hopefully the couch, ottoman and chair for the patio will come. Then we will finally have the basics bought and can go out exploring again.

French is over until next year so I will close with an au revoir .....Lovey and Dave



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