So things have been busy pretty much since I arrived and today (Saturday) was no exception with a 9am start. The mission: find somewhere to live. We’re trying to decide at the moment whether to rent or buy as what with the state of the economy we could actually REALISTICALLY look to get on the property ladder in the not too distant future. The market is funny out here- if a good house comes on the market that has been sensibly priced, it can go in a matter of days which is in complete contradiction to what the media would lead you to believe. But at the same time, there are properties which have been on the market for *months* that just aren’t moving. So in some respect the market is red hot, but in other respects it’s miserable.

But anyway, by the time it got toward the end of the day and we were both tired, we thought we deserved a nice liquid treat. We didn’t buy anything from this particular stand, but I was drawn to the general kitschiness of it. I like kitschy things.

PS note the clothing- it’s like Red Hot Boiling Summer over here right now.