That is the question I asked Lesley yesterday. Well, she gave me a good answer. She said that people go to the mall. It has AC there. Now, those of you that know me know that the Mall is the LAST place I would ever want to go, but today I didn't care. It was hot... and humid. Tom pulled out the AC for the house this morning, which made things bareable. Then we headed to the mall to go to the movies. We saw "Sing" (highly recommend by the way) and then walked around the mall. Other noteworthy things today are that we returned our rental car and picked up our "new" car. It is nice to have our own wheels finally. Also I found a french press. Turns out they don't drink much pressed coffee here so it was hard to find. Found one at a Robbin's Kitchen (a small kitchen store). They don't call them french presses here. They call them 'plungers.' We discovered that they also don't call popsicles that. I can't remember what they call them, but the lady I was inquiring about the location of the popsicles at the store had no idea what I was talking about. A couple other things that I've noticed but haven't mentioned before is that a lot of the cars here are white. I'd say about half. It makes sense now that I've seen how hot it can get. Another thing is that you can walk into a store without shoes or a shirt (guys) and no one has a problem at all! On another note, we've had a lot of really positive interractions with strangers here. There is a lovely Scottish woman that works at Commonwealth Bank that always comes to say hello to me when I stop in. Today she offered some ideas of places I can take the kids. We also had a great encounter with a woman at the movies. Tom's seat was all wet from having soda spilled on it by the last movie-goer, and a lovely Aussie woman offered to switch seats with us because her daughter was sitting on a plastic booster seat and wouldn't be bothered by the wet seat. Finally, we went to Kanagroo Tent City at the mall, and we met a great guy who is an expert of coffee. He recommended some good coffee shops in our area and steered me in the direction of where I could pick up a 'plunger.' We've met such nice people! So it is 6:30pm, and still super hot. The kids are grumpy. I'll set up the sprinkler for them in a bit. And.... we're having Kangaroo Schnitzle tonight for dinner! So that'll make it all better!
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Becki
1/10/2017 23:59:32
It's so funny you are talking about heat. Bron was talking to the kids today about the heat and how hot it gets there. They all thought it was great! She told them that when it gets that hot (over 100 degrees) it can be miserable. It's too hot to do anything plus few places have AC.
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Myla Liljemark
1/11/2017 00:18:01
Becki! I walked to town today (before it got too hot) and picked up my package from the post! Thank you thank you thank you! My mouth guard is like a binky, and I have needed it so badly - or my whole face hurts in the morning. Thank you! A check is on route to you now to reimburse the cost of mailing it. I knew it would be expensive! ;)
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Karen Louis
1/11/2017 14:24:22
I really love reading your blog. Thanks for posting your adventures. Karen
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1/11/2017 23:45:00
So what praytell is that black colored thing sticking out of the passenger front side of your car? I look forward to reading about your adventures. Well you know me, I would be laying out in the sun with water nearby and then in front of the Air/Con!
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