19/07/09 - Namur Day 1

Radey is sick sick sick. :( We actually had an "incident" today, if you want to put it dramatically.

So this morning, Radey is not feeling well, and wants to stay in bed. The map shows a supermarket nearby, so I go out to get her some ginger ale and chicken soup. The map is a liar.

Failing to locate the nearby supermarket, I find a convenience store a few blocks further down. They tell me there is a market in the city center, and even further south. I start walking, eventually running into some people with grocery bags, who say I'm headed in the right direction. At this point, I've been gone for about an hour. I thought Radey would be okay, as she should have been asleep.

When I finally make it back from the supermarket, Radey is not in the room. (I'm kind of angry at her for leaving it in the first place! >:|). The key to our room is at the reception, and the lady behind the counter said we were not allowed to be in our rooms from 10:00 to 4:00. What kind of people kick a sick girl out of her room, especially when it didn't need cleaning or anything? I guessed that Radey went out to look for me, but I have no idea where she would have gone. The city is a bus ride away, and she couldn't have known that I had walked to the other supermarket. I walk through the nearby park, looking for her, and failing to find her, go back to the hostel and wait for her to return. I was pretty worried, and started praying.

Radey shows up about two minutes after I prayed. Sometimes (or all the time!), God is super cool about answering prayers. Apparently she had fallen asleep on a bench in the park. I must have walked right past her! Happily reunited, we have some of the chicken soup I bought, and Radey goes back to bed.

Yeah, so we did not really get to see much in Namur...