The alarm woke me up this morning, which was a surprise, meaning that I must have slept through the 07:00 cacophony. And I struggled to eat breakfast too – so I’m definitely sickening for something. It was disappointing too because we had another loaf of that excellent bread. What a shame to miss out on it.<\/p>\n
The heat was oppressive today – probably the hottest day of the year. After my nice relaxing morning doing not very much, I went up into town for shopping. Apart from the baguette and the lettuce from Delhaize<\/em>, I pushed on to Wibra<\/em>, near the railway station. <\/p>\n That’s something of an upmarket Dollar Store or Pound Shop, and when I was in there the other day I noticed that they had an excellent line of plastic containers and very democratic prices. I picked up a few – two large ones for my rice and pasta, and a smaller pouring container for the boulghour<\/em>. And i’ll be back there for half a dozen others too because the ones that I have at home have seen better days.<\/p>\n I struck it lucky too while I was out. There are several of these ice-cream stalls in the city and one of them sells dairy-free sorbets. And so I was really in my element here. It’s high time that I treated myself.<\/p>\n After lunch, I crashed out for quite a while. It was far too hot to do anything else. And once it cooled down I washed and dried the containers and then sorted out the food in here. The place looks quite tidy now, which is a surprise for anyone who knows me.<\/p>\n Tea was rice with a tinned vegetable curry and garlic bread. The supermarket here sells these half-cooked half-baguettes<\/em> at just \u20ac0:39 for two and while they don’t come out as nicely as the more expensive ones, it was still delicious. The smell was enough to entice one of my co-habitants into the kitchen.<\/p>\n Now I’m off for another cold shower and then I’m off to bed. Not that it will do much good in this heat.<\/p>\n and I’ve had no news yet about the studio.<\/p>\n
