Tuesday, April 05, 2011

#51, #16, #91 and #64


Beautiful day today and a new adventure.  Last night I discovered the spring surrounding my car's shock absorber on the right side was broken so every time I made a turn there was a thumping sound.  This morning I took the car to the repair shop for verification of the problem and they advised me to leave the car for repair.  They also reminded me that it was time to change the tires again but I didn't bring them so I drove home, picked them up and returned.  I had to leave the car overnight and the only way home was by taxi or bus.  I chose the bus, actually 4 buses. I checked the bus routes to get back home and no bus went directly home.  I had to take four different busses to get home. 

After I dropped off the car I walked to the first bus stop only to discover that there was no bus stop for #51, the one that I needed.  I looked at the map again and realized the stop was on a totally different street, some 10 blocks away. I was suppose to take bus #51, then bus #61, then bus #91 and finally #64.  I looked at the map on the closest bus stop and it showed another bus the would take me to #64 but it was also 8 blocks away.  I started walking and it was a great day for a walk.  The forsythia bushes are all in bloom and the tulips in front of our flat are opening.  It took me a little over an hour to get home on the buses but it was an enjoyable time.  Don't you just love Spring?  Warm weather, spring cleaning, blooming flowers, less clothing to wear, outside cafes, coffee on the balcony, etc, etc, etc.

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Po tym jak odpad艂 samochodu chodzi艂em do pierwszego przystanku tylko odkry膰, 偶e nie by艂o przystanku autobusowego na # 51, jedno z nich potrzebne. Spojrza艂em na map臋 i ponownie realizowane przystanku na ulicy by艂 zupe艂nie inny, oko艂o 10 blok贸w dalej. I by艂o przypuszcza膰, aby wsi膮艣膰 do autobusu # 51, nast臋pnie autobusem # 61, nast臋pnie autobusem # 91 i # 64 w ko艅cu. Spojrza艂em na map臋, na najbli偶szym przystanku i pokaza艂 kolejny autobus zabierze mnie do # 64, ale to by艂o tak偶e 8 blok贸w dalej. I zacz膮艂 chodzi膰 i to by艂 wielki dzie艅 dla spaceru. Krzewy forsycji s膮 w rozkwicie i tulipany przed naszym mieszkaniu s膮 otwierane. Zaj臋艂o mi troch臋 ponad godzin臋 do domu w autobusach, ale to by艂o przyjemne czasu. Nie wystarczy kocha膰 Spring? Ciep艂a pogoda, wiosenne porz膮dki, kwitn膮ce kwiaty, mniej ubrania do noszenia na zewn膮trz kawiarni kaw臋 na balkonie, itd, itd, itd.