It is now nearly two months since I moved to this lovely new
flat in Bognor Regis - on England's south coast. It is known as the 'sunniest'
place in England. Not sure about that as we haven't had much of that since I've
been here but today it is glorious.
I should explain that we have two lifts (elevators) - one
for odd numbered floors and one for the even numbered ones. Mostly I have met
people in passing and we have exchanged the time of day or chatted about the
weather. The latter being a very popular English subject! So far I have
encountered mostly Brits and Poles but I did once see a Moslem couple. As we
were about to use different lifts there wasn't time to do more than smile at
them so I don't know where they are from.
This morning I was a little later than usual going out for
my walk (got it up to a mile a day along the promenade) and met two gentlemen
in the lift on the way down. One didn't break into a smile but the other -
yummy! Even ladies of my age can get turned on by a good looking man. We
chatted about the weather while I admired his physique, dark hair and eyes and
listened to his lightly accented English. Turns out he is from Poland and he
told me that this morning his family in Poland say that at the tops of the
mountains have a temperature of 0, yes, zero!
As he was wearing shorts (lovely legs) I assume that he was
also about to do a walk but I was too much of a coward to go in the same
direction. He was probably going to jog anyway and I am well past that
capability.
I am gradually getting to discover the delights of Bognor
and know that I am going to enjoy living here more than I did in my last
village/small town where the biggest problems were far too much traffic and far
too little neighbourly interaction. And, believe me, I tried to get to know
them.
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