Rambles

 Paula has a bad cold, and is doing her best to sleep through it. My body is still on an early schedule, so I woke up at 7:30am, and she woke up at 10.

We went to the Woolworth's (major chain grocery store) yesterday and stocked up. We're in another Adina apartment-style hotel, and once again Paula has done a superb job in finding a location. She was a little worried yesterday because we're directly across the street from the Pink Pussycat, but those fears were unfounded. We're very close to two pedestrian malls--or maybe one big mall on two parallel streets with passageways in between, and very long blocks.

There are two Woolworth's here. Today we went to the other one to get some additional provisions. On the way back we had fish and chips for lunch.

Lunch, across the street

Woolworth's will be closed on Tuesday for Anzac Day, which is sort of like Veteran's Day for Australia and New Zealand.

A couple of days ago I had an Aussie burger. Here, the fancy burgers have slices of beet on them. Also, I guess because the whole continent is upside down, the condiments are below the beef patty, rather than on it.

Perth is hotter than I expected.

Coffee types

Pedestrian mall, after 5pm on Sunday

Information booth

There are two bookstores here. One is small and probably locally owned. The other is Dymocs, large and chain. The Dymocs here, like the one I visited in October, is underground; the entrance leads to escalators. I don't yet know where the lift for it is.

Unlike the US, there is a charge here for using a credit card. The charge I noticed is 1.2%, but that probably varies. That would be a reason to get cash from an ATM, but they also charge a fee, so why bother?

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