We did so much the first week :
Oct 29, Mon walked 1 1/2 miles to Ealing to Specsaver where I spoke to people from Sudan and Ghana. After napping for couple of hours took the bus to another shopping center. I noticed things are much cheaper than Kauai.
I saw in one of the shops on display for tasting
in a wine bottle “Ginger drink” 2 different ingredients the sales girl explained. Sarwat and I tried them and really liked its taste and bought three bottles; one for us and two for gifts for people we were planning to visit.
Oct 30, Tue. Sarwat wanted to see the deers at Richmond Park. I loved the one hour bus ride to park. We drove through forested land almost all the way. We passed Kew Gardens which made me think of Paul Massey who spent several summers as an intern and loved it. I first met Paul at KCC in 2009 in Glenn Hontz’s Permaculture courses. He was a resource instructor.
We got off the bus near a pottery shop similar to Banana Patch in Hanapepe except smaller.
To our surprise we met a Huge and I mean HUGE!!!!! furry friendly black dog. They said he was a Burmise mountain dog. I took several photos but later discovered they were blurry. Sarwat’s phone is much larger than mine and I couldn’t still.
To get to the park we had to walk quite far so I
had to take a sit down break. But it was very pleasant and peaceful and interesting. I really like the way the English plan things. We saw lots of dog owners walking their dogs. We saw so many different breeds. Very nice bicycle paths. In town a man in a pastry shop with a serious face warmed us to stay a good distance from the deers because I think he said it was mating season.
I am so glad we got seats on the top level of the red double decker bus. It gives one a good view.
We headed to China town and looked into a shop that had many Chinese eating. I asked if
they had Choi sum since I didn’t see it on the manu and learned they had a different menu for Chinese. The foods (noodles too) did not look like Hawaii’s. I just ordered 2 dishes
Choi sum and vegetable chow main. There are many things Sarwat is not allowed to eat So ordering is more difficult . The food taste different here. Sarwat talked of Chinese ice cream so went find the shop. The shop specializes in extra special ice cream sandwiches. We chose velvet cake/macaroon.
It took two trains to get home.
What a day!!! Aloha Joanne
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