Our walk then usually takes us to one of the MANY playgrounds in the area, where Sidney spends time enjoying the activities. She likes slides, swings, some climbing things and those funny little horses mounted on springs. We like to put her on the spinning things and watch her try to walk afterward. Very entertaining!
This brings us to one recent happening. Sidney was riding on a bouncy ride that is sort of a cross between a merry-go-round and a teeter-totter and took a header off into the gravel underneath. I promise we did not get her dizzy and make her fall. She apparently leaned forward too far and lost her balance. As you can see by her picture, her wounds are a badge of honor for her.
Another recent event was Kimber's first bike ride with Sidney. They went over the bridges on the east side of town to the islands. Kimber did well on the ride and only had to get off and push the bike once, despite some significant hills on the course. The views were very nice, as you can see in the last picture. Kirk could not go, as the bike he sent over in the air shipment was damaged and is not repairable. He will have to wait for the rest of the household goods to be unpacked before he has access to a bike.
We have begun the process of moving into our apartment. Our movers got permission to unload our shipment at the apartment, but not to unpack any of the boxes. We will hopefully get that permission tomorrow. We hope our first night there will be Wednesday night, but having experienced the speed of the mighty paperwork here, aren't putting out the home fire in our "temporary" apartment.
Finally, we are trying to buy a car here this week. We found a 2007 Hyundai Getz Cross (look for it on Wikipedia to get an idea of what it looks like) that is a dealer demo model. It only has 11,500 km on it and still has the warranty. It also has many nice options because it was a dealer demo. It is a diesel, so we will save on fuel cost and have a better resale value for it when we sell it when leaving. We looked for a comparable European car, but could find nothing in the price range (cars are VERY expensive here, and we are not here to spend a huge amount of money on a nice car we will have to sell in 1 1/2 - 3 years). Importing a vehicle is also very expensive, as the taxes that must be paid are equivalent to about the price of the car itself. That doesn't include registration. Hopefully an upcoming post will have a picture of the new car. And hopefully the next post will be from our new apartment!
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