Autobahn Girl!
Today I drove for the first time in Germany. We just have one car here, and Marty needs it for work, and really I can get almost anywhere I want to go on the U-Bahn. But not IKEA, which was where I wanted to go today.
So I dropped Marty off this morning and then took the car out later in the day for a trip to IKEA and Wal-Mart. I did fine on the autobahn, or, well, as fine as that car can do on the autobahn. The shopping was definitely a success. It was so much better than going on Saturday, which is the busiest day of the week everywhere I shop. I got several things I needed (hooks! finally! for the coats!) and a couple of things I wanted (a sandwich grill!). I couldn't find a teapot, but I know where I can get a nice one, in a shop right down the street from the dry cleaner.
Alicia asked me earlier about the differences between Wal-Mart in Germany and in the US. I know I've talked about it before on RW, but a couple of other differences are the shopping carts and the cafeteria. German shopping carts have four wheels that spin freely, instead of the back two wheels always facing forward. This means you can push it from the side as easily as from the back. Also, it means the cart tends to roll away to the side unexpectedly, seemingly of its own volition.
In the cafeteria at Wal-Mart you can get full meals. For lunch today I had Wiener schnitzel. And at the table next to me were two little old ladies taking a break from their shopping and having glasses of beer. You won't see that in Wal-Mart in the US.
In other news...
I have just about decided that I need to be on vacation on June 21, 2003. Why? Because the new Harry Potter book is coming out that day in the US, Britain, Australia and Canada. I read the first four books on vacation, and I know I'm going to want this one as soon as it's published. Perhaps I should be in England that day. Hmm?
Today I drove for the first time in Germany. We just have one car here, and Marty needs it for work, and really I can get almost anywhere I want to go on the U-Bahn. But not IKEA, which was where I wanted to go today.
So I dropped Marty off this morning and then took the car out later in the day for a trip to IKEA and Wal-Mart. I did fine on the autobahn, or, well, as fine as that car can do on the autobahn. The shopping was definitely a success. It was so much better than going on Saturday, which is the busiest day of the week everywhere I shop. I got several things I needed (hooks! finally! for the coats!) and a couple of things I wanted (a sandwich grill!). I couldn't find a teapot, but I know where I can get a nice one, in a shop right down the street from the dry cleaner.
Alicia asked me earlier about the differences between Wal-Mart in Germany and in the US. I know I've talked about it before on RW, but a couple of other differences are the shopping carts and the cafeteria. German shopping carts have four wheels that spin freely, instead of the back two wheels always facing forward. This means you can push it from the side as easily as from the back. Also, it means the cart tends to roll away to the side unexpectedly, seemingly of its own volition.
In the cafeteria at Wal-Mart you can get full meals. For lunch today I had Wiener schnitzel. And at the table next to me were two little old ladies taking a break from their shopping and having glasses of beer. You won't see that in Wal-Mart in the US.
In other news...
I have just about decided that I need to be on vacation on June 21, 2003. Why? Because the new Harry Potter book is coming out that day in the US, Britain, Australia and Canada. I read the first four books on vacation, and I know I'm going to want this one as soon as it's published. Perhaps I should be in England that day. Hmm?
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