Shopping for food in Spain is quite interesting, and sometimes enjoyable, sometimes a bit frustrating. But mostly enjoyable. After having tried a few stores now, I've pretty much figured out where we'll get most of our groceries. There are so many nice supermercats (grocery stores), but since we carry them all back by foot, we can't be going across town for lots of things. There is a small grocery store (like a mom & pop store size) just one block away. They have most things we need, so we go there a lot for convenience reasons. We buy all our heavier things there for sure (bottled water, milk, juice, etc.). Then there is another one about twice the size and it is about 2 1/2 blocks away, still fairly convenient and has more items, better selection, etc. I really enjoy going to that one. Here is a picture of the children on our first trip there.
As you can see, everyone is carrying a backpack so we can carry groceries back home more easily. They liked the soft drink section, though that is not something we have every day, it is a special treat. Just found out this store charges for bags (only 2 Euro cents each), so now I just always carry extra plastic bags in backpacks and a large reusable vinyl bag I brought from home just for that purpose.
Another store we went to (by subway), was actually a large department store, with a grocery store on the bottom floor. I picked up kleenex in one section, then walked over and found paper towels in another. Then when I went to pay for things, found out I could only pay for the kleenex there, then had to walk back over where I got the paper towels and pay for them at that counter. How crazy, I thought. Why can't the kleenex people and the paper towel people work together? Decided to buy some olive oil, and of course, that was yet another checkout. We're talking on the same floor, looks like it's one big store. Not my kind of shopping place. But it was an adventure for sure.
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| Liam, Josiah, Kathryn, Marianna helping choose drinks. |
As you can see, everyone is carrying a backpack so we can carry groceries back home more easily. They liked the soft drink section, though that is not something we have every day, it is a special treat. Just found out this store charges for bags (only 2 Euro cents each), so now I just always carry extra plastic bags in backpacks and a large reusable vinyl bag I brought from home just for that purpose.
Another store we went to (by subway), was actually a large department store, with a grocery store on the bottom floor. I picked up kleenex in one section, then walked over and found paper towels in another. Then when I went to pay for things, found out I could only pay for the kleenex there, then had to walk back over where I got the paper towels and pay for them at that counter. How crazy, I thought. Why can't the kleenex people and the paper towel people work together? Decided to buy some olive oil, and of course, that was yet another checkout. We're talking on the same floor, looks like it's one big store. Not my kind of shopping place. But it was an adventure for sure.
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