Walking Route and More IKEA

MONDAY, AUG. 4

We hooked up with another couple in their 50’s from New Zealand and went for another trip to IKEA. They had never been so we showed them the ropes. Purchasing bedding here is the most frustrating experience. We finally figured out that we needed to buy a bedspread, not a cover (for a duvet or quilt). What we found is that they do have fitted sheets, but all the sheet sizes go single, double, queen. But the doubles really do not fit a double bed, you need to get the queen size. Then the color we picked for the double spare bed was plum and they didn’t have top sheets in that color….so we had to get a white top sheet. We picked an aquamarine color for our queen sized bed. Our new friends do not have a mattress pad for their bed yet so we are going to loan them the one from the spare room until they get theirs on Sunday when they can purchase bigger items as the school will have a truck. Weekends at IKEA are a mad house and we were so glad that we were able to get the truck from the school last week and split the cost with 2 other couples. So…finally I feel like we have everything we really need for the apt. Yeah!!!!

SUNDAY, AUG. 3

We taught SS (Our only time to do so before school starts.). A Chinese man that we met the week before offered to come over and help translate the appliance manuals for us. That was so nice!!! After dinner we took a walk on a street behind our apt. It was very nice. The street was wide, clean, lined with trees and hardly any traffic. It led us to a ritzy section where the waterfront apts are. In front of the apts. are nice shops for ex-pats…. very pricey. Behind the apts. is a nice walkway along the water. This will be our walking place from now on.

Next to our apt. is the Sea World Marine area. It is a big square with all the American fast foods and lots of nice restaurants. Tonight they had entertainment in the square. The trees were all lit up with white lights, and it was nice. In the day you can rent roller blades and skate around an area of the square. We’ll try to post pictures later.