Day 29 Friday 27/7 Lazy day in Newark

We had decided to have a lazy day in our lovely accommodation in Newark and catch up on a few jobs around the place. Heather and I went down to the local laundromat and started the washing. It was like our laundromats but on steroids! Below our apartment was a lovely little hairdressing salon and nail and beauty bar. I needed to get my nails fixed so I went in there and met the lovely staff and had my nails done while the washing was going. We had thought that most of the people we met spoke Portuguese and all the signs in the local shops and supermarket seemed to be in Portuguese. The young woman who did my nails said that the majority of people who live in this area are from Brazil but they all speak Portuguese. That explained a lot. We went to purchase some things from the deli section of the supermarket and neither of the women who served us could speak English! The boys were busy today booking our future accommodation and also transport. We think we are sorted up until we leave Philadelphia on the 8/8. This afternoon the weather became very humid. Large, dark clouds gathered and the heavens opened up with huge thunderstorm. We received warnings on our phone for possible flash flooding in our area but so far there has been rain but not any flooding!