Still Pretty Low Key 1-20-16

With Deb still under the weather we decided that today would be a good day to start talking about our return to the U.S. so we did.  There are many topics that we have to cover, about the house, about our attitude towards the accumulation of 40 plus years of marriage, about how to start simplifying our lives a bit, about next year's plans, about the need to buy new vehicles (we sold ours before leaving), about what we will bring back with us, just a load of things that we've put on hold for the last year.
After a bit of lunch Deb ordered me out of the apartment for the afternoon, it was cold but the sun was out so it was pretty nice.
A short bus ride put me at the far end of the now drained canal and I took a few pics at this end, mostly they are pushing the mud and detritus around into a pile where an excavator can pick it up and load it into a series of waiting dump trucks.  It's not a very
 appetizing sight but when it's over it will be a much cleaner canal again.  I spent a few minutes sidewalk supervising and then caught the bus again a little further down the line.   I'm still on the hunt for a good chicken broth so I headed over to Galleries
Lafayette for the food courts.  Once again I couldn't find any broth but as I walked around I got an idea.  I came across a Dim Sum bar with a large assortment of goodies and ended up buying several spring rolls, a chicken brochette, a couple dumplings with shrimps wrapped in a ground pork pate.  Those selections with a box of Canton rice made a delicious dinner for us.