Boodschappen Doen

Much like, well, everything else here, grocery shopping has turned out to be very different from grocery shopping in America. First, most stores have hand baskets with wheels and extendable handles. I don't quite know why, but I am obsessed with them. They make me feel like a little girl wheeling a doll around in a stroller - except they're groceries in a basket.  Second, you do not get bags when you check out. You can buy a bag or bring your own, but those bags from the grocery store that you take in bundles to use with your dog? Not in the Netherlands, you don't. Also, some stores ask that you weigh and sticker your own produce. Then try to find milk and eggs. Nope, you won't always find them in freezer section. Still haven't quite figured out why. My Dad thinks maybe they're so fresh they don't yet need to be refrigerated. All I know is I like my milk ice cold! Finally, try to check out. No credit cards are accepted. If you are lucky, you'll find a grocery store that accepts a credit card with a chip in it, but then you'd have to be lucky enough to have a credit card with a chip! For those of you unaware by now, that's not the way my luck works. No chip for me. Nee, ik wil niet pinnen. Ik betaal met euros, dankjewel!

awesome, awesome basket with wheels 

the bag I chose to purchase the first time

unrefrigerated milk and chocolate milk

 Tot ziens,

Flat Julia