Mail is delivered but not picked up. You must take it to a post box. Unusually sized cards require a cost premium, like at home, but instead of a small up charge, it is 3 times more so; therefore all cards and letters sent will be standard sized.
Movie DVD rentals are due the day after you rent them by Noon! even if you rent them at 9:00 pm. We were so shocked that the manager at the rental shop gave us the extra night just this once.
People are very serious about security and burglary prevention such that every home has an alarm system and they sleep with it turned on! We just learned how to turn ours on at night so that we can have the additional security too!
A lot of the English language used here is just that - English, not American so I am changing over my usage of words like yard and garden, trunk and boot.
We just ordered a turkey to make for our Thanksgiving celebration and it will come from Brazil - can you imagine? There is plenty of poultry here but not big fat turkeys like in North America.
Pedestrian crossings are called zebra crossings because of the white stripes but they are not nearly as well observed as in Vermont so be careful crossing the road.
Everyone is very polite, saying thank you all the time and people are helpful if you have a problem. Today a woman let me borrow her cell phone to call Michael when I could not figure something out - she even offered to give me a lift home.
It is rather chilly today - in the 50's and dreary so I asked Michael to make us a fire in the fireplace - of course since it has been raining most of the night and day we have no dry firewood - but he has some ideas so we shall try.
4 comments:
I won't tell Sheryl how far your turkey has to travel! Unless, of course, she is following the blog too!
Hi Penne!
I love the pics-- the flowers and scenery are so beautiful. The bouganvillea reminds me of when I used to live in Oman...it climbed the stretch of our house. Miss you!
The flowers really are amazing - just now we are waiting for the agapanthus to bloom. I cannot wait to buy some alstromeiria to plant.
i think the cross walks in thailand might be the most dangerous of all! some on major road have traffic lights to 'stop' traffic when you cross, but usually it just slows down for half a second. you just have to make a run for it if you want to cross!
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