Saturday's Mission - Coffee!

We didn’t accomplish much today.  We woke early (of course!) and took a walk in a direction we hadn’t yet been.  Success! - We found a nearby laundry.  There are few coin-operated Laundromats in all of Port Elizabeth.  What you must do is take your clothes to a laundry, where you get them back the next day.   We haven’t tried it yet, but now we won’t have to drag our dirty clothes too far.

Green coffee beans

Our prime objective for the day was to find coffee.  Nescafe Gold just wasn’t doing it for us.  We found a good source:  Masterton’s Coffee has been at 114 Russell Road since 1924.  They import green coffee beans, and roast them there daily.  The woman behind the counter has worked there for 53 years!  After choosing their Italian roast, I asked for a pound of coffee, please.  She just looked at me.  “How much?” she said.  At first, I thought she was hard of hearing, but Jim quickly piped up, “We want a half-kilo.”   (I simply must work on my metric system!)

Since we were in the area, we walked through St. George’s Park.  With gorgeous weather in the 80’s, people were really using the park – from playing cricket, to a wedding reception under a tree.

We watched kids at play, saw beautiful orchids in their recently re-opened conservancy, and took in a small art exhibit where this lifesize statue of an African woman is made entirely from car parts.

Late in the day, Jim and I took a long walk along the beach, then made dinner in our apartment.  (Can’t eat out every night.)  Peaches are in season!  We topped off our meal with peaches, mangoes, and bananas.  You know – maybe we did accomplish a lot this first Saturday!