Shanghai

At our prayer meeting Grant and I were given a mission vehicle to drive while we are here. So Grant went out and practiced a bit on Thursday and then together we found our way to the supermarket for groceries. The city of Santa Cruz is set up on a ring system so downtown is in the center of town and then it looks like a wagon wheel with roads like spokes coming from the center and then at 1 kilometer there is a large ring called the first ring. This continues all the way out to about kilometer 9 and then you are in the country. So the city is very sprawled and and the names of the roads change often in between the spokes.

We found the grocery store alright and then decided to go to dinner. We went to a restaurant called Shanghai and parking became a big question mark in our minds. There was a large side walk and no other parking. So debated for a while and then an SUV pulled in and just took up the whole side walk so we decided to park on the side walk. We asked later and they said as long as there aren't No Parking signs you can park anywhere you want--including on the road.