Walkin' in the Rain.....

One last walk to school and back to turn in our books and formally check out of Danish class was the first order of business.  It rained most of the way, but we were happy and dry under the Mary Poppins umbrella.

We are surprised at the number of people who complain about the rain here!  So far, the thrill has not worn off for us, and I doubt that it will.  How can you not love the sound of the rain, the hush of sounds that are usually raucous in bright sunlight, the mist that hangs low over the water, the splash of footsteps on the sidewalks and cars speeding through puddles?

People look at us as though we are daft when we say that we love the rain.

A walk to the site of the new center was next.  It was in the opposite direction so we got a good walk in.  It looks much the same as it did the last time we saw it, but today we felt like it will actually be the one we will be meeting in, so it was different.  There is hardly any parking around that doesn't cost a small fortune, so that could be a problem.

On the way to the center we passed through one of the busier plazas in the city.  One side enters the walking street, and then other avenues go every direction.  There is a large construction site that looks like it won't be done for several years.  This was a Friday afternoon and it was still very busy.  I wanted you to hear the bells of the city hall.  They chime every 15 minutes .... for those who don't have watches.  Don't laugh.  When it was built many many years ago, few had watches.

Well, this blog is kind of under construction as well.  I didn't quite get the video figured out, but if I do, you will hear the bells.

There are also no grocery stores anywhere around it.  Nearly every time we serve a meal, SK invariably ends up going next door from the center to a little market there.  We plan carefully, but it is impossible to see ahead enough for the strange things.  For instance, yesterday we served soup.  We only have 27 bowls, and rather than buy new bowls before we know we will have a kitchen to serve a meal in, we have been buying plastic bowls to supplement.  I had about 25 in the closet so we didn't buy more.

When we got there, there were no bowls in the cupboard.  Other groups sometimes use the center, and I am guessing that someone else needed them.

We can easily walk to the new site (it is probably about a half a mile), but it could be a real challenge to carry large pans of dessert, a crockpot, large cans of anything and bags of groceries that distance. Depending upon the kitchen facilities there, we may be preparing a lot in the apartment and carrying warm food to the center....and I don't see that happening if we have to walk.

But it will all work out. I am still basking in the glow of knowing that we will have a center come July!