First Observations:
* Napkins aren’t given out with the food purchased. You have to bring your own.
* Since gum is not allowed there are lots of mints. Candies are available at security at the airport.
*They drive on the left side of the road.
* Crossing the street is not easy though quite clear where and how it is to be done. Closest to our house is a busy street with a cross walk to a traffic island with a fence. Once you cross you then have to walk twenty feet over and wait again for the next light. There is a big billboard in town with the outcome of one sorry jay-walker. In two days I have seen three jay-walkers.
* English is official language but it is quite difficult to understand what anyone is saying.
* Opportunities to shop are in such abundance that it’s a turn-off. Nevertheless I had lots of fun shopping today at Ikea for toys for the girls since I read that all their toys are lead-free.
* For the most part things are cheaper.
* To get a taxi from our apartment building we press a button on phone in our apartment that has only one button and then tell the security guard we want a taxi. Minutes later we receive a call saying what the number of that cab is and that it has arrived.
* Napkins aren’t given out with the food purchased. You have to bring your own.
* Since gum is not allowed there are lots of mints. Candies are available at security at the airport.
*They drive on the left side of the road.
* Crossing the street is not easy though quite clear where and how it is to be done. Closest to our house is a busy street with a cross walk to a traffic island with a fence. Once you cross you then have to walk twenty feet over and wait again for the next light. There is a big billboard in town with the outcome of one sorry jay-walker. In two days I have seen three jay-walkers.
* English is official language but it is quite difficult to understand what anyone is saying.
* Opportunities to shop are in such abundance that it’s a turn-off. Nevertheless I had lots of fun shopping today at Ikea for toys for the girls since I read that all their toys are lead-free.
* For the most part things are cheaper.
* To get a taxi from our apartment building we press a button on phone in our apartment that has only one button and then tell the security guard we want a taxi. Minutes later we receive a call saying what the number of that cab is and that it has arrived.
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2 comments:
Ikea frownie face. :(
There's finally an Ikea close to me, and I still haven't been able to go.
Another good resource for toys is oompa.com, we've been looking at getting Juni fewer toys but higher quality ones since the recall scare.
I love the IKEA even though it is overwhelming for me and I get lost.
Fewer toys is an excellent idea. I also find that splitting up the ones we have and rotating them is a huge help because each time I bring them out they seem new again.
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