across the street, heading down the hill

turning the corner

near the Post Office - 10 min walk

heading to Tobacconist

 our famous church

Tobacconist - 15 min. walk

heading down again

the main drag down at the bottom of the hill

Easter eggs

the Greengrocer with FedEx in front

turning back up our road

first rest stop

second rest stop

back home.  trees still naked

Yesterday was my day off.  I went to the Post Office but they didn't have the right stamps so they sent me to the Tobacconist.   You don't buy tobacco at the Tobacconist.  You buy stamps and the "tax stamps" that you need to put on every document so the government gets their due.  You can also buy wrapping paper and such, so I bought 3 gift bags for Easter presents for Grace and the two children of the friends who are taking her skiing in Switzerland for a week.  After the Tobacconist I stopped at a bakery/ sweetshop to buy some Easter candy.  I was very good and bought nothing for myself.  I'm still trying to work off the 1/2 lb. Swiss chocolate bar with hazelnuts I polished off the other day.  Then I went to the Greengrocer and bought about ten pounds of fruit and vegetables.  Blood oranges are in season now so they were five of those pounds.  Did I mention that I had walked?  Yesterday was well into the 60's and sunny so I decided to do all of my errands on foot.  Heading down the hill when I started out was no problem whatsoever.  Heading back up the hill with my ten pounds of produce was another story.  It doesn't sound like much until you start up a steep 1/2 mile of sun -drenched road.  By the time I reached our gate I was drenched too.

xxoo me