On Thursday morning we went shopping to Sylvia Park. I was pleased that I had found my way there and almost back (no map needed). We bought a few household things from the store called 'Warehouse' which is cross between 'Wilco and Argos'. we had a good cup of coffee and tea in their coffee shop.
You now need to know that Sally was off on business in Christchurch for two days.
As we had lunch the front door quickly opened and closed and I rushed to see what was happening; only to observe Sally's car disappearing up the hill. Had we been robbed? No. Ian's car was now hidden behind the car port. This was when I discovered the first of two errors. One, my NZ mobile does not receive calls when it is on charge - besides that, you don't hear them when you leave them at home. The second we later found out is that you have to press the 'END' button on both house so that you can receive a new call. 'Bear Park' nursery had been trying to contact us all morning to tell us that Emily was ill. She had contunctivitous.
The medical service is so much different here. Both children were at the surgery within the hour. However, the medicines do not come with instructions and you have to listen carefully to the doctor. The real down side is that you have to pay at the time of the consultation. You reclaim on the bill from the insurance later.
This is typical; the two days that the childrens' mum is away there has to be a crisis.
On Friday Zoe was excellent for us.he allowed grandad to take here to day care and even return for her lunch box without fuss and say goodbye again. We were able to take Emily with us for a few minutes to St Heliers Bay. We bought two Cadbury Chocolate bars. The shop had a selection of flavoured bars like nothing we have in the UK.
Ian was set to collect the evening meal, but later he rang to say that he was stuck in traffic and could we collect the fish and chips. This meant a trip into St Heliers. This time we had Emily and her buggy in the car and Zoe walking. JN went off to the chip shop. This was fish shop through main shopping street and parallel to the beach road. It is not like a UK fish and chip shop. This shop also sold raw fish for home cooking as well as a variety of cooked fish in different finishes. Our was to be three lots of snappers, three sausages (for Zoe) and a portion of chips for three. The other difference is that you food does not sit pre-cooked soaking up fat. You are given a ticket to identify your purchase (you could go and do other shopping and come back) .
When got home so did Ian and shortly Sally; and we feasted on our NZ chip supper.
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