I must say Decent Pub is going to have to make a big climb uphill to get back to the rank of decent that we thought it had. We arrived there on a Saturday evening only to discover that the owners had thought that this was a good time to be closed. So we went somewhere else. I have vowed to return though.
Shops are unusual in that unlike in North America people don't have a house and a shop. They have a shop and they live in it. With their families and any employees they might have. So if you end up poking around a restaurant, bar or shop and you manage to find the backroom you'll find a room with a few beds where everyone lives. These places open in the morning when people get up for the day and close in the evening when the last customers leave at an arbitrary time. We're accidentally stayed late at a bar and ended up watching a movie with the family after they'd closed. It was Kiss of the Dragon, which is a good movie to watch when you're not paying any attention to it. There's a hotel that we like to go to for food (they have pizza, which is hard to find over here) that has a little hole under the stairs. I popped my head in once and found a mattress where someone must spend the night, every night. Anyhow I'm in a cafe killing time before we head up to market so I'll write more another day.
I will write more about Crambole or possibly Carambola (sp?). It is an excellent billiards game.
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