I can't find my will to explore. I mean, I had it... And then it got up and walked away or something! I've hit this weird point of my trip where I just have no desire to get out and explore... No desire to find something out there in the big city that other tourists overlook... I'm like a lost puppy that prefers to hide in a storm drain until it knows where to go next instead of wandering the streets.
It's frustrating, but then I realize that this is my trip. It's my vacation. If I feel like spending the whole day reading and watching movies, then who can say anything against it? (Other than that obnoxious voice in my head)
Well, thats exactly what I did for the most part! I read my book... napped... watched some random movie... eventually, I wandered out to the market to see if there was anything interesting. Well, the place is huge. I mean, I've seen some pretty big outdoor markets but this is just HUGE. You can find any vegetable or fruit you can think of, as well as cheese, meat, fish, other seafood, souvenirs, and handmade lace products. They have indoor areas, two tiers of outdoor sections, and then tables lining the edges. I bought a 1.1 lb bag of oranges for 5 krun which is 90 cents USD. If we had these kind of prices in the states, my mom would never take a break from canning. Everything is just so cheap!
After walking around in awe of the produce prices, I headed over to the elderly women selling the products they had made by hand. Mostly, everything was either beige or white, but in all kinds of shapes and sizes. I picked through the piles at a couple booths, asking prices at each, before choosing who I wanted to buy from. The woman I chose not only had cheaper prices, but also knew more English, did very well talking with hand signals, and didn't mind answering all my questions. Some of the other women were getting exasperated that I was asking for prices and then putting things down without buying. Fortunately for this particular woman, she didn't get rude once, for which she was rewarded! I only spent $40 today, but I know I'll be back for more in the days to come.
I went back to the hostel and chilled out some more until it was time to find the church building where they have a Thursday night bible study. I emailed the people, but I hadn't gotten a reply. Everything online pointed to the same place, and same time, so I decided it was worth a shot. I found the right building, it had the name above the door and on a doorbell (it was in an office/apartment type building with 8 separate doorbells). I rang, and rang... and never got a reply. I stood outside until it was past time for the study to have begun, hoping that I would catch someone coming in, to no avail. It's so hard to find Christians to worship with in smaller areas of the world, and I got my hopes up. I'm disappointed, because I haven't been with other Christians since Milan, where even then they didn't follow the bible the way I believe it should be followed. It's just frustrating, but I'm hoping the Sunday morning services here are still a chance, and after that, maybe I can find a church group in Ireland!
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