Trip Day 41 – Laundry day
The morning finds we a little weary from all of my travelling so I decide to have a day in and on one of wandering I noticed a laundry mat, this is a good thing as to get laundry done in the hotel will cost me over 30 euro’s and that is just for the smalls.
It is another cold morning and there seems little chance of the sun appearing today, so with backpack full of clothes it is off to the laundry mat I head, finding it again is pretty easy as it is around the corner from my favourite bar the Mannaken Pis, the fun starts when I arrive and there are no English instructions, and the only other person in the place doesn’t speak English. It is with much fun and games that I work my way through getting a token, buying powder, working out which is the powder compartment and not the pre wash and then getting the machine to work, finally I get it all worked out and 30 minutes later clean clothes, now how does that dryer work……
After all of the fun it is back to my favourite bar for a coffee a Lait Resser, this is half coffee and half milk and is closer to how I I like my coffee order a cafe au lait here and you will get swill, and then back to the hotel for some lunch, I find out while drinking my coffee that if you are over 21 you can get a licence for a motorcycle and there is no power restriction, under 21 and 125cc is imposed, this comes about because one of the bar men is thinking of buying a 750 Kawasaki, I think he will be sorry as he has never ridden a bike before. After further conversation I find out to get you licence here it is 390 euros for 3 days training, then practical and then 19 euros for licence. The licence will also never expire so no more payment for renewal is required.
On my way back to the bar to say goodbye to Jose, my favourite barman has the next 3 days off and I will not see him again before I leave, I notice some chocolate shops and knowing that my friend LaVerne’s grandchildren have been following my trip I have taken some photos for them, the first is a chocolate fountain, which has delicious chocolate flowing down its sides, and the second is a 2 foot high chocolate Mickey Mouse, mmm chocolate Mickey yum.
My evening at the bar is eventful as we are visited by some Spanish mistrals decked out to the nines in full Spanish costume, it is not long before the drinking turn to singing and the whole bar is serenaded in true Spanish style, I find out that they are music students from Madrid and they are here for a concert. It was a perfect photo op so there is a picture of me and my new amigos enjoying a song.