Chess in the square: a slow Sunday in Ch’ch
Ended up going to bed early yesterday, I guess the train ride made me sleepy. After breakfast today, I packed up my stuff, as I had to switch rooms. My new room is much bigger, so I have no problem with moving. After that, I went down to the square for coffee and to watch the chess game. In part of Cathedral Square, in the middle of the city (by the Cathedral), there is a section where they have alternately dark and light colored squares, and a large (the king is probably two feet tall) chess pieces. Anyway, some of the people who play down there are pretty good, so they’re fun to watch. There’s also a Starbucks near by, so I grabbed a triple tall white chocolate breve mocha. Which, if you say it the speed that you’d say it at a Starbucks in the states, they have no idea what you’re ordering. They also don’t make them anywhere as fast as they do in the states (N=5), even relating to a caffeine-buzz, New Zealanders take their time. Not to say that’s bad, just different.
Afterwards, I took the bus to the CDC, to check on e-mail and find where Serap (who works at Bartol) was, as she flew in yesterday, her hotel said that she hasn’t checked in yet. Still no idea where she is, but I’ll probably see her tomorrow, when she comes over to the CDC to get her cold weather gear.
No real plans for the rest of the day. Probably go for a walk and try another of the fine dining establishments around here.
-Jonathan