Dutch-Hospital energy at Mount Lavinia — one soda and leave, or we occupy a four-top for email — if we still hop today with ordinary bags
Need a sit at Mount Lavinia. Tourist terrace looks dry and priced like Colombo. Bakery two lanes in has a queue of locals and plastic chairs. Not trying to be cheap for sport. Trying not to be the rude table. Monday 31 Aug, leftover humidity. If we still hop today with ordinary bags. Cannot tell if this is ordinary or a tired mistake. Locals, please contradict the group chat.
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Walk two lanes. The terrace is a pretty courtyard with tourist prices. Nobody is scamming you; they are just pricing for the terrace. A bakery bun and tea is the ordinary sit. If you want the courtyard photo, have one drink and leave. Do not camp a four-top for email. If the kid is melting now, pay the soda, ten minutes, move. Shade is the need, not the brand.
We kept the kid knee-deep and sat. Fine. The bar wanted a second round more than a safe bay.
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