Yesterday I went for a pleasant bike ride to become
acquainted with my new country. On my
bicycle and in a skirt, I sailed over the roads, merrily clicking through my
three gears, praising the gently rolling Danish countryside with smiles and
rings of my bell.
And then the wanderlust kicked in. It whispered in my ear seductive things like,
"You could TOTALLY ride another 21 kilometers and still make it home in
time to meet Tobi." I knew this was
untrue in my brain, but my camino legs had other ideas. They pumped the pedals furiously and
joyously...I was being hijacked by my explorer's ambition.
Thank goodness I remembered I had not put on sunscreen at
the same time I saw a giant windmill on the near horizon. Suddenly I was seized by the need to TAKE A
PHOTO OF THAT WINDMILL UP CLOSE RIGHT NOW NOW NOW. Touristmania had me in its clutches, so I
rode towards the mill, stopping at a shop that seemed to spell a word
resembling Apothecary. They had
sunscreen. Hooray!
The current conversion rate of Danish Kroner to American
dollars is about 5 or 6 to 1....The cheapest price I found for sunscreen was
oh....109 kroner...I knew this was alot, but my brain was obsessed with
windmills and I couldn't do the quick math until I walked out of the store with
my sunscreen, a small bottle of hand lotion, and a receipt proving that I spent
200 Kroner on two items smaller than a bottle of shampoo.
Do the math like I should have.
This is going to be the best sunscreen I have ever met.
Less than an hour later, I had a bag of fresh vegetables for
about 70DKK and knew that it is possible to purchase sunscreen for about 85DKK.
Lesson learned.
Oh yes, and the wind
mill was for sale.
The telephone number is: 86 10 28 28
Want.
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