Week 129 – Day 29 ” Jill goes shopping at RT Mart”- “Jill????RTMart”

Last night was great – probably the best night we have had. I was up as usual about 6am and had my shower while Jill slept. When she woke I gave her breakfast in bed – the first since we have been here. I made her some pancakes from Allison’s care package. It is a bit awkward when the fry pan’s base is bowed up and the non stick has been removed.

Later in the morning I got Lucy to translate a paragraph into Chinese so that I could make a Christmas card for the nurses. While there I organised a wheel chair so that Jill and I could go for a walk. After lunch we launched on our escapade, Jill said she would like to go shopping. We checked out and went downstairs with Lucy. I needed Lucy to help me get some money out of the ATMs. The first one was Bank of China but it would not accept my card On to the next one and the card disappeared, I am glad we had Lucy as the instructions were in Chinese and after several button pressings the cash appeared and another press and I had my card back. We went out to the taxi rank and after showing my piece of paper with the Chinese instructions to the RT Mart. I got Jill into the rear seat and helped the driver fold the wheel chair and put it into the boot. Five minutes later we were parked in front of the mart. Jill was impressed with the shops down on the ground level as we wandered around. We found a group of shops with a range of women winter coats, some with fur and very expensive, so guess it may have been mink. We went back into the super market and went into the clothing section first and Jill found a couple of items she would like. We then looked through the row of stock and Jill kept saying that every one was looking at us. I said did you notice that we were the only western couple that was there. We are different and sure the wheel chair adds to that. Our next obstacle was the down escalator with me hanging on for grim death. Fortunately as we arrived at the bottom an assistant help us. This was Jill’s first view of the fresh food department. Live fish swimming around in tanks, live shrimp, turtles and shell fish, then came the piles of chicken feet. From there it was a bit more normal, vegetables, fruit into the deli and bakery areas. We watched as they decorated some large cakes. We made our way back towards the entrance and Jill looked at a bag shop and the girls were only to keen to show Jill the bags and tell her how beautiful they looked. Once out side we saw a large Christmas display. I said that I would photo her in front of it and while doing that, some Chinese young people were doing the same and I asked if she would take us , which she did and we were photographed by them using their camera. We caught a taxi back to the hospital and were glad to get inside out of the cold. I checked the temp which was 13C but 8C with wind chill. I noticed that next Friday it is -3C down to -12C overnight. I am certainly glad we will be home by then. We signed back in and returned the wheel chair order dinner and we are now ready for bed. Jill is counting down the last hours and exercises. Check out the new way to spell Merry Christmas on the photos – Mreey Xmas.

See you tomorrow on the net.

A Chinese version of the above blog:

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Jill with her bag of goodies  Bikes and scooters at the RT Mart  Jill and Santa at RT Mart  Jill, Mac & Santa   Jill, Mac, Santa and young friend  Check  out the solar units on the units - there must be thousands of them

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One Response to Week 129 – Day 29 ” Jill goes shopping at RT Mart”- “Jill????RTMart”

  1. Carly says:

    Ich muss gestehen, dass ich seit Jahren kein Buch mehr gelesen habe. Ich lese nicht einmal Zectnihriftes. Alle meine Infos beziehe ich aus dem Web. Traurig aber wahr, Buch lesen kostet zu viel meiner wertvollen Zeit.

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