Posh events on the last day

Yesterday was our last day of the conference and we were treated like royality. The day began with organising our travel guide and car to travel with for the next 6 days.
A trip to the. Konnan Shopping mall to test our navigation skills on the underground again. This mall was for people wanting to buy designer label clothes. However there was a group of intermediate aged students in the centre making a desigh fron empty water bottles. Thw bottles were shrink wrapped for transpoting. We saw a huge giraffe that had been made.
Lunch was a beautiful spread of food on the strait. I wish i was able to send photos to back this up. The band played softly in the background while ships sailed up and down the river in dozens. The food table was decorated with carved water melons, wait till you see the photos!!- need to find a food book to tell you what we ate. Stuffed pumpkin flowers, rice mix wrapped in fig leaves, lima beans, stuffed aubergine, lamb on a spit and deserts of different balika whic are so rich as they are dripping with honey. They even had cooked pumpkin sprined with nuts as a disert. A quince shortcake and a smolina square with rasberry sauce. A selection of the most beautiful cherries ive seen yet, grapes, applesan pears and huge loqurts. Im soon going to have to look at serious exercise programme
The afternoon was a treasure hunt for me as well as showing other conference ladies to the mall. I always enjoy a mall as you get another view of life in the city you are visiting. I spent an hour in the supermarket. 5 lire for a magnum ice block and 5.2 lire for a litre of icecream. At least 30 different types of beer, cheese is mostly bought loose along with so many breads and buns you couldnt imagine.
Then it was back to change for the Presidents Dinner.

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