Free Day - a Ramble

 We had an outing today away from the Navy. Up early, picked up our ID cards from check-point Charlie so we can show them on our return.

And off to the nearest big town. K has been checking out all the offers on satellite tv sport for the winter.

We stopped our satellite tv months ago. But winter is long and football games many.

At 9.50am the tv/phone shop was still not open and there were 7 people waiting outside. K was not put off and made sure no one jumped the queue. He got all the details and renewed his phone package. Everyone else waiting behind him tapped their feet and watched the clock as he asked every question under the sun. No detail is too small for him to investigate in depth. I shuffle, sorry for those waiting.

From there to coffee in a shady courtyard. Good Freddo espresso and fast internet . 

I need a cheat paper now when I request my coffee.

Freddo espresso decaf with medium saccharine . A mouthful in my broken Greek.  It's not saccharine but that's the word they use for all the sugar replacements.

Next door is the Chinese shop. I want some colourful earings and a good look around. The earings looked tatty but I bought a pair of light weight long-shorts to wear at the beach.

Then there's the electrical service place for the car. A strange light lit up on the dashboard and then disappeared on our way here. K goes into great detail again. Apparently something overheated a little. No problems there. We will have a couple of coffee/comfort stops on the way home.

Chemist for painkillers for K who has tendons or ligaments in one shoulder that should have been repaired years ago.  He gets a bit of pain when he overdoes the swimming or lifts a heavy object like the full wine carafe last night . 

And our way home Lidl for cheaper coke zero and some breakfast items.

Check Point Charlie again to give up our ID cards. The guard asked us a strange question. 

Were we coming from booking.com?

This place is on the booking site?

There was a large group of Ukrainians. We presumed they were on an exchange programme of some sort. But who knows?

We went down to the beach later. It was blowing so I say there and read a book. K braved the choppy seas. 

The weather is changing.