One of the older buildings that are in the down town area
Another old building in the down town area
Sokos Hotel and mall in the city center
One of the larger shopping/business buildings in the city center
The light poll that the bus took out! Notice the door on the ground!
The bus that took out the light poll Its our first Saturday and we decided to go to the city center. It is basically a big shopping mall, train station and strip mall type area. We walked around the mall and found the place we will go to get our travelers cards. We also looked around the mall a little to see what was there. Outside in the strip mall area we found a Chico's American Chain (non-mexican food) restaurant. Looks like we will be eating at one of those soon after we move because they are supposed to have one near our apartment.
On our way back from the city center we saw a bus crash! The bus ran into a light poll and disabled all of the lights in the intersection. It also lost one of its luggage doors, as you can see from the pictures. In all of this mayhem I almost got run over by a car! We were standing at the intersection near the wreck trying to cross with a group of pedestrians. Since the lights were out we did not have crossing lights, which are very important as traffic laws are enforced from what I have read in our Finland book. So, the group decided to cross the intersection so we followed and I happened to be the last one to enter the intersection. As I was halfway across a car came through the round about and came 2 feet from hitting my right knee. It scared me a little because there was someone in front of me so I couldn't get out of the way. Fortunately the car stopped just in time to miss me! All in all today was a good day.
We have talked on Skype to Mr. Tim and Mrs. Vicki and my mom Sharon. We will talk to the rest of my Family and possibly Mr. Tim and Mrs. Vicki again and maybe Kristen. We are making every meal and day as much like home as possible. Once we move into our apartment we will be able to set up "home" and have more things like our home in America would be like.
