As promised, some pictures of our new home. Its a wee bit bare inside at the moment but will be just fine when all of our things arrive in 3 weeks time (fingers crossed the boat doesn't sink before then.......)
Brian and I ventured out on Saturday to the shopping centre at a place called Nagoya Hill. We really didn't have a clue where we were going but took off in the general direction of the town and actually only got lost twice. Pretty good navigation skills on my part I think........
Unfortunately, they don't allow photographs to be taken in the shopping centres here so I don't have any pictures but the hypermart was like Asda on drugs...... It was crazy busy, absolutely massive and there was a trolley dash taking place (couldn't find Dale Winton though)
We managed to buy everything we had on our list though, including this bad boy........
On Monday, Brian was back at work so I went to the local wet market with Dawn and Kelly, two of the girls who live on the Estate with us. It was amazing, all the food looks really fresh and you can pretty much get anything you want as long as you arrive early enough.
Although most of the population here is Muslim, there was still a pork butcher tucked away out of sight in the market. He was very happy to pose for a picture (not sure if he was naked or not though.........)
After our wander, we had a traditional Indonesian breakfast of onion roti, chicken rice, curry sauce and broth. It was really tasty but it's a wee bit strange having stuff like that for your breakfast when you usually have special K........
Yesterday was Melbourne Cup day in Australia and the local expat women's group had organised a lunch to celebrate (any excuse, eh?). So, feeling brave, I decided to go along with Dawn to meet them......eeek! Everyone was dressed up and I managed to borrow a fascinator to wear. The girls made me feel very welcome and had a really lovely afternoon. Maybe I can be a lady that lunches after all :D
Brian is also making an effort to get to know some new people and has signed up for a golf outing with the locals who work for the company. Goodness knows how he'll manage to play 18 holes in this heat. I'll let you know how how he gets on!
These are some pictures I took at a place we went to today called Waterfront City (more food, really must do some exercise!).
Sampai jumpa lagi!
Lou, Brian and our new pet, Dave the Giant Patio Snail xoxox
Hi Lou!!! It sounds like you are having an ace time. Your new home looks lovely and it's nice that you already have a new pet (is he named after your dad? hehe). It's starting to get quite chilly here at nights and we're also starting to see Christmas decorations popping up around the city. Drew and I are looking forward to reading your next post. Tell Brian I said hi. Look after each other.
ReplyDeletelove from Jo xxx