A stroll

I had my first solo adventure today. I walked all the down to the center of town. First, I dropped my cousin off at school, and then continued on my way. Streets are strange here. They all curve, and are not marked all that well, and one long curving street may have more then one name half way through. One had three different names. I had a map where my uncle drew a path for me to take, but it was still a bit confusing because I am not used to my streets being shaped not like blocks. It was worse then Tangletown or St. Paul! Those areas look like they were drawn with straight edges and on grid paper when compared to the streets here.

Also, there are no stop signs, just million upon million of roundabouts. I hate roundabouts. The one by the Minnehaha falls always makes me nervous because most people do not seem to know what they are doing, so I can never know if they are going to do it right.

There was a nice area in the center of town that was pedestrian only and had shops lined up outdoors and an inside shop as well. There was a market connected to both. Got my self two shirts, (both on sale) and one is very colorful and bright. Hollis, you would like it. I also got my self a pair of shoes, (Also on sale) and they match a pair that my aunt just got.

My older cousin told my aunt that she could not wear those shoes because they are not sensible for someone her age. Other people can wear them, but not her. I wonder what he is going to say when he comes home from school and sees that I have a pair too.

One thing that I liked is that the shirts have more specific sizes then small, medium, and large and so on. They go from size 6 to 18. The shoe sizes are also a bit different. The ones I got were size 5, but I usually wear 6 1/2 or 7.

I was able to stop at the library and take some books out on my aunt's account. The librarians were very friendly. I was able to get the last two books in a trilogy that I had begun in the US, which was nice because none of the libraries at home had the 2nd or 3rd book.

I was getting thirsty, so I stopped at Aldi's. It looks quite similar to one at home but a bit cleaner and better service. Same low prices!

The walk back did not take as much time, maybe a half an hour because I was able to go straight back instead of walking the route to my cousin's school and then the way back home. The whole voyage took about three hours and I enjoyed every minute of it.

One entrance to the shopping area-

Another part of town-