Finding the Hotel

Hello,
The instructions said that it was just an eight minute walk from the bus stop to the hotel. We were equipped with several maps from the bus company as well as some street names and turns that Leroy had written down. He is not yet comfortable using his smart phone, especially in another country.
After asking someone who was standing near, we took off walking, pulling one suitcase, and carrying three other smaller bags. At the first corner that had more than two streets intersecting, we once again asked for directions. Leroy and I had disagreed about which street was indicated by which sign. He was right. When we got close we again had to ask as we did not see the discreet hotel sign.
Once inside we were just getting checked in when our friends appeared at our side. Joy filled my heart. We had sent them a text to let them know that we were on the bus, but had not heard back.
We were shown to our nice room where we unpacked a little and then headed out to do a little exploring and buy tickets for the hop on hop off bus for the next day.
I felt so secure with other people who knew a little about what would be interesting to see. I had been a little anxious about making all of our connections and I no longer had to think too much about that. A weight was lifted and relief settled in. The only other issue was getting on the ship. Our friends said that we would share a taxi. Sounds easy.
In the evening it was quite cool and I started to think about bringing too many clothes that were for a little warmer weather. Luckily I had brought two umbrellas as rain was threatening. Leroy and I both had our raincoats.
Our friends had found a nice restaurant that even had a great beet salad. I do have to search just a bit to find many vegetarian selections. At least salads are to be found frequently.
Paula