Rainy Day

Not much to blog about today. It rained. These hills are quite the obstacle when wet. I felt like I was on Wipeout! J didn't seem to have much problem with the rain. This is our street(actually two streets just a few steps away from our door). You can't tell, but the street on the right is stairs and yes, the residents just drive down them and park on them like we would on a curbside.

We went grocery shopping and stayed indoors, as did the majority of our neighbors. Nothing like reading and listening to some good old piano music! You can barely see it, but the lady is pulling a rolling shopping bag with her. Alot of the residents here use these when shopping. Very convenient, especially when traversing all these hills! You don't have to worry about your bag ripping on the walk home.

I find it very interesting that they park right up on their houses. As might be expected if you've been to Europe before, the majority of the cars are tiny here. Some of the streets are so narrow, the cars barely fit through. When we are on those streets and a car is passing, we just step into the closest doorway :)