Tag 66 - puzzled

07/05/19

The fridge is empty, which means we need to go shopping as soon as we wake up to have something for breakfast. After fueling ourselves for the day, we want to tackle some tasks. We have been hand-washing all our clothes since the beginning of our trip; that's sufficient for a while, but a certain basic mustiness is unfortunately not going away anymore, which prompts us to take a bag of clothes to the laundry. We pay 1.33€ for three kilograms. After that, we want to address the driver's license issue. We follow the advice of the nice policeman and visit the scooter rental, which will hopefully tell us how to get my driver's license. Unfortunately, the visit to the lady doesn't bring any help and certainly no new information, which is why we decide to simply drive to the police headquarters. Jonna navigates us to the destination 20 minutes away, and we park in a courtyard that provides access to the various police areas. We ask at the information desk, and the gentleman accompanies us to the 'Patroli,' the traffic police. In great anticipation of finally getting some answers, we are unfortunately disappointed again: the Patroli is already closed (it is 11:00 am on Friday). An officer writes a phone number on our blue slip of paper, which we should call before coming here again. Since the language barrier has complicated everything so far, we decide to ask Ian if he could call for us. Once again empty-handed, we leave the police station and drive back to the accommodation, where we tell Lucy about our experiences.

Once again, we want to end the day on a positive note, which is why we decide to go surfing. We jump back on the scooter and drive to the beach. Arriving at the surf camp where Ian also works, we rent two boards for two hours for just under 6€. We both have a great day, we manage to do quite a bit, and above all, I have the feeling that I am slowly getting a sense for it. The fact that we are in the water for a little longer than two hours doesn't bother Ian's buddy at all. Pretty exhausted, we return our boards and refresh ourselves with a coconut.

Since a thick layer of clouds on the horizon makes a beautiful sunset impossible, we drive back to the accommodation earlier. We have dinner and greet Ian and Lucy, who inform us that they arrived at the beach in the exact second when we left - they even called out to us, but we (obviously) didn't hear.

Lucy promised to teach us a Hungarian card game the night before: Rikiki (guessing tricks; very similar to Wizard). Before we really get started, we stock up on beer and snacks at the supermarket and begin playing. Jonna and I (Ian unfortunately can't join us) quickly get into the game after a few initial difficulties and have incredibly fun - in total, we play for almost three hours. Enthusiastically, we immediately make plans to continue playing the next evening.

- Alex