Grocery Shopping in Spain

Here are a few fun facts about grocery shopping here in Spain, thus far.......Sorry no pictures yet because I am working from a slow old computer in the Civic Center until we get our internet hooked up. The mañana rule applies to Spain as well apparently. Okay, here we go.......

1. The biggest sections of the grocery store here are the ham and cheese sections. There are hundreds of varieties of each. Very confused on which to buy.

2. There are tons of good wines under $2.

3. Olives galore!!! Especially the green ones but they taste a little different here. Super good!!! Stuffed with all sorts of things, the most popular being anchovies.

4. The red peppers here are 3x the size and 1/3 the price, so .50 for a hug red pepper.

5. The variety of food is very limited here compared to the U.S. where we can get all sorts of foreign brands and foods. Not the case in Spain...mostly ham and cheese.

6. For the most part, prices are very similar to the U.S.....for food at least. But yet everything is smaller...except the hams.

7. You bag your own groceries here. And it gets very interesting when you have a lot of groceries and thereś a long line behind you and you are trying to pay while bagging your own groceries and people are scowling at you cuz your not fast enough.

8. They sell Layś Potato Chips everywhere BUT they are almost all ham or chorizo flavored. Tried the chorizo the first day I was here....not a big fan.

9. You weigh and mark your own produce in Spain which I didnt know until the 2nd week when a checker seemed pretty pissed off about it and I learned my lesson the hard way.

10. What would be a large bottle of olive oil in the U.S. is a small bottle here and goes for about $2.00. Craziness!!

11. There is also a hug canned meat section for all you canned meat lovers out there.

P.S. Dont worry Dad, pictures will come soon.