This is the day we
said we’d be at Claudia and Klaus to pick up our insurance papers. So Kayak got packed
up and we drove to El Bolston.
First money. The
first bank we tried would give a balance but no cash so off to the
other one.Just happened to
park beside the tourist Info office so dropped in to ask about banks
and where to buy a sim card or “chip”, and where the walks are.
They also took our details to write on their form.
Luckily the second
(and last) bank gave us some money. We bought a few things from the
supermarket. I am slowly learning how to buy meat. I saw a lady get
mince so read the label and actual read the signs at the “butchers
window” So I asked for good steak and he chose a lump of meat and
deftly cut two thin slices. Then I asked for 1 kilo of little meat
and got mince then I spied a chunk of pork and got two chops
band sawed off. Both the pork and lamb were still partly frozen in
quarters.
We spied a
restaurant with WiFi and decided to have lunch; half a pizza and a
beer. We got most of the updates done on our machines. John went back
to the truck for something and didn’t come back so I paid and went
to find him. He was chatting with a guy. This guy had sat and waited
for us to turn up. He and his wife are flying to Australia on Monday
for a month long camper van trip up the middle from Melbourne to
Darwin. He invited us home for a cup of tea so after wondering the
shops for another hour we met up and followed him home.
Miguel & Ursula
have run a camping ground just north of El Boston for the last 30
years and have just retired. Ursula is Swiss. They have travelled a lot. We had a wonderful cup of tea or two, then moved on to a bottle
of red and some snacks. Ended up spending the night in their ex-camp
ground near the river; site #39.