In-between home and home day 3

 First full day in Bangkok...

     We sleep in luxuriously 

          have a scrumptious late breakfast

               Kids get a bit of school done

                    Aiden and Mom check out the gym

                         while Dad has a nap and Grace does school

                                Another lovely meal given us for lunch (well before we were hungry)

                                    Dad has preparation for Chiang Mai meetings to do

                                        so Mom and the kids go on an adventure 

                                            looking for a suitcase to replace the ripped bag

We walked the 2 km to the SkyTrain station upon discovery that a Grab car would cost over 100 bht.

    We took the Skytrain to MBK mall, a nice nostalgic trip past many stations and destinations we used     to go when we lived here.

        Imagine our surprise to discover just inside the entrance - a Tim Hortons!?!

            We anticipated searching long for just the right suitcase at just the right price but...

                nearly within sight of the entrance, the very first store with luggage for sale had exactly what                 we were looking for at a decently good price!

                    Unfortunately, we used up nearly all our Thai baht paying for it as the store did not take                         card payments...

                        to the point where we didn't have enough cash for the SkyTrain fare back to our hotel...

                            so we wandered around a little while Mom tried to contact Dad about getting more                                 baht without success.

                                Eventually, we decided to wander through the many malls on that street back                                             towards a previous SkyTrain station to perhaps get a lower fare.

                                    It didn't work, as the fare goes by zones rather than by stops...

                                        and the idea of walking back didn't fly as the thought of navigating the bumpy                                         sidewalks with a suitcase so far was not pleasant thought,

                                            so Mom booked a Grab car.

Traffic in Bangkok is bad any time, any day, but trying to go anywhere at the end of Friday afternoon...

    it took us longer to get back than the walk-train-shopping took all together!

        Yeay, despite the size difference, the bag's contents fit in the suitcase without trouble!

            We all stayed in for the rest of the evening, snacking on leftover food from yesterday instead of             going out again.

                Dad has a zoom call this evening, and Grace a university class on zoom also. Even in the                         middle of in-between, life carries on.