acquisitive

Phoebe, as she says of herself, is "acquisitive" … so today we went shopping. You might start to sense a pattern here, but the last day in port we need to make sure that we spend out the rest of our local currency. In this case, our extra rupees. Phoebe & Robin & I walked along the waterfront which has higher-end stuff. Some nice stores, some overly touristy stores. Today was pure touristy fun. I bought a ring -- a chunky silver ring with four semiprecious colored stones forming a square pattern. I consider it Ann’s influence on my life, the purchase of yet another chunky silver ring. And I bought a pair of silver & black earrings, which Phoebe said she liked with my new haircut. We lunched on the waterfront at a French restaurant. I had a goat cheese & honey pizza ‘cause I was just enthralled with the idea of that. Quite delicious & something it seems to me that Leland & Joe could potentially like to make … And then we ended the afternoon at the grocery store, where we paid a taxi driver to take us & then wait so that we could stock up on "essentials" for the next 6 days at sea. For Robin & Phoebe, that includes wine, for me it’s primarily cereal. And then we shopped together in the aisles containing chocolate, cookies, & salty snacks. So, now we’re all set to sail. Land having been walked on, essentials stocked up on, jewelry purchased, rupees all spent …