We just got back from shopping at the Carrefour, one of the big Super Stop&Shop type grocery stores. Having never lived in a city before I've never had to figure out the whole stock-up shopping without a car. It's way more complicated than hopping into the car and driving a couple miles. Plus, we had to fight the multitudes who also do their shopping on Saturday afternoon, not to mention the whole language barrier issue.

On the plus side we now have a blender and can use up the just-a-little-too-ripe fruit that's building up in the freezer and make smoothies for breakfast. We also got "Happy is yummy Texas Fries!" which are like potato chips seasoned with seaweed, a decidedly un-Texas flavoring. Other great finds include Skippy peanut butter, Smucker's raspberry jelly and something called cereal crunchoco for a little pick-me-up snack in our lunch boxes.  

All-in-all a pretty successful trip.