Headed into the (nearby) city for the first time since the week before Christmas; talk about dystopian - it is as though a plague or nuclear bomb hit the place, the streets (on a Friday afternoon) are so deserted, so empty, so silent.
Anyway, masked up, I paid a visit to the best Asian shop in the place, (stocked up on galangal, lime leaves, lemon grass, kecap manis, sambal oelek, rice wine, Chinese cabbage, ramen, Japanese curry, sesame oil), the cheesemonger's (my first visit since before Christmas, where I stocked up on cheese, - a serious selection - pâté, pancetta), and the French bakery, where I picked up some French bread that awaited me, - for I had phoned them yesterday - and had been kept for me.
And spotted, and visited, a brand new (but actually open since November, to my considerable surprise) Italian bakery, where I succumbed to the temptation of purchasing some Cannoli.