I felt like I needed a normal shopping day, not one with gift shops and tourist traps. We went to Charlotte to a shopping common with many familiar chain stores and also many names we hadn’t heard of. Although the forecast was for rain all day, it let up and we wandered from store to store, enjoying an afternoon of not being a tourist. In contrast to our shopping commons at home, this one had so many trees and plants, making it feel you were also in a park, not a retail common.
For lunch we went to Chick-fil-A. I’d heard so much about this place, we had to give it a try. It was quite tasty for a fast-food place.
From there we went to South Carolina, (only a few miles away) to go to Hobby Lobby. This was another store I’d heard a lot about. Wow! It’s got an impressive amount of crafting supplies. What made my heart glad was to see nativity scenes and related craft supplies. No, I’m not that excited about Christmas yet, but just that the Christian Christmas is also included is wonderful to see.
A group of ladies, who were my former ESL students, and I used to get together for lunch on a regular basis in Edmonton. But people move on, or simply move. Ligia and her family moved to Georgia a few years ago. We’ve kept in touch with WhatsApp and, since we were in the area, we thought we should get together. What seemed simplest was for us to meet in South Carolina for lunch, just an hour's drive for each of us. Our husbands came too and the four of us had a wonderful lunch and visit while walking along Main St. in Columbia, SC, the state capital. Our knowledge of American history is rather spotty. This city had many statues and plaques to remember various moments of history, especially about the Civil War and the Emancipation of black slaves. There was a lot to learn.
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