Wawsaw Wanderers

After a big walking day yesterday a more gentle wander was planned for this morning.

So when one is exploring the neighbourhood, one goes the opposite way from the day before, however this was uphill…but sometimes that is the option.

A wall of street art, in fact there does appear to be a lot of street art, and graffiti on the accessible walls…this however brightened up a dull morning (puffer jackets on again in our wawsaw summer break).

Halfway up the hill we stumbled on (actually had a rest break at) Chopins Museum. Not opening until 11am, which seems to be the theme here with many attractions and shops.

A left and a right (I felt I wanted to wander that way) found us on a very long stretch of shops and cafés…A woman’s intuition is not always wrong!

Coffee time as not yet 11am (retail therapy time)

Spotted this big guy on the street…had to see what he was up to and there were hundreds more of these guys inside (although not all so large) A Teddy Bears Treasure Trove.

Shoes, clothes, cafes and eating places took us to the banking roundabout…a large main busy intersection flanked by bank buildings.

A left…leaving behind our food choices and starting to feel a little hungry…approaching a gate where we had to go down and under this major tram/car/train road…our gentle stroll (no one about) was interrupted by an out of control electric scooter, approaching from rear (sues rear to be exact) going about 20-30 Ks, wobbling and careering all over the footpath, narrowly missing Sue, scooter crashing sideways (in front of two stunned kiwis) and rider rolling, sliding very quickly towards road, stopping himself in gutter.

Russ says “Geeze are you Ok” – young man looking at his grazed hands, now broken headphones on – looks back as though we are stupid (second time in two days) picks up now resting scooter, and cranks it back into action and roars off at full speed again! Ok, so he missed me!

But no inclination to join the trend of electric scooter riding!

Moving right along – under transport road, cars parked way down there.

And looking back at the wall and gate, we had been heading to (before the scooter action), which we found out was the entrance to a rather large park …. walking and riding tracks all through.

There are lots of parks and green areas in Wawsaw, and if feels that one passes from urban to rural in a matter of minutes in any one wander.

Having done the full loop and a couple of hours on foot, we were back in our neighbourhood searching for food, the options abounded, burgers, hotdogs or very fattening breads and pastries!

Inside a small cafe with all the locals on lunch breaks munching on a burger, the rain came down and has shared the rest of the afternoon with us, not that we noticed…it was nap time!