Last night a note was pushed under the door saying fumigation of apartment will be done from 8 till 12 on Monday 10 July.  Not long after another one was pushed under the door saying fumigation will be done from 8 till 12 on Tuesday 10 July.  I couldn't possibly stay in the apartment while it was being fumigated so I decided to pluck up my courage and spend the day out and about.  Our driver dropped John at work and then took me to The Hilton.  I took my time to browse all the floors and made note of all the shops there and what the restaurants had to offer.  Wednesday night is steak night at Fulani Pool Restaurant and we're sure to check out that one.  After about half an hour of browsing inside and outside, I went to The Pastry Shop and had a cappuccino and a very large slice of Black Forest cake, yummy.  The driver fetched me at The Hilton at 12h00 and dropped me at the Silverbird Mall.  I need to find sundried tomatoes and I was hoping to get some there but unfortunately it is a newish mall and still very unoccupied with no supermarket as yet.  Not sure if one is planned for that mall. It has four levels and I had a lot of time to kill so I walked around on each floor.  There wasn't much to see but it had movie theatres on the fourth level and I bought a ticket for a movie called "Brave" at 14h30.  It's an animated movie about a royal family in Scotland that nearly gets destroyed because of the daughter's selfishness.  As it was only 12h45, I decided to have some lunch first.  I'd joined Internations and my first question had been where to find good coffee and a number of people came back recommending Bunna Cafe, so I decided to have lunch there.  The coffee at The Hilton had been good but the coffee at Bunna Cafe, definitely better.  I had a smoked chicken sandwich with lettuce and tomato, another cappuccino and a tropical fruit smoothie.  I chose a seat at the window so I could sit and watch what was going on outside.  Just across the road I saw a number of mudhuts and asked my waiter what they were and he said that it was an arts and culture village.  I absolutely love the dresses the women wear here and I want one.  My next visit will be to the village, hopefully with my new friend Doreen who I'm meeting on Friday for the first time and hopefully I'll get my dress there too.  I also want to visit the public library and spend some time there.  I am itching to take photos but I'm so scared.  I asked our driver this morning if I could take a picture of the biggest mosque I've ever seen.  We were told that the massive dome is made of solid gold.  It is awesome ,but he said that I couldn't take the picture for security reasons.  John's colleague spent some two hours in police custody for taking photos, so I'll pass on that.  I think I did well on my first day out and about in Abuja.  It felt good.