On the way home, we stopped at the small store where we buy cheap diet coke. I waited outside with the other groceries and enjoyed these two with their puppies.
At home, I put together a large pot of soup.
Later - Albert and I went out for a walk. I had talked to a couple of students in my classes and learned about two specialty shops that I wanted to check out. First we went to the Hiperoriente - a specialty grocery store with foods from China, Japan, India, Korea, and the Philippines. We didn't buy anything, but we found things that I haven't seen anywhere else (like jackfruit, bamboo shoots, and lumpia wrappers) - definitely able to think about some new meals now.
Later in our walk, we made our way down near the Cathedral. There was a huge line outside the FNAC. I have no idea why.... they were having a sale today, but was this really a line to get 15% off of video games and TV's? I am pretty sure I will never know.
Our walk took us down a lovely street that I am pretty sure we have not been on before - seems like a never ending supply of little side streets.
Finally arrived at our destination. The small (and I mean small) specialty Russian store tucked down a pedestrian alley off of a side street.
Mostly it had Russian language books, newspapers, and Movies; but it did have a couple of shelves of Russian sauces and pickled items (which I don't know enough about even to imagine experimenting with) and a small refrigerator with.......SOUR CREAM. YAAAY - we bought some.
We never in a million years would have found this store if it hadn't been for the suggestion from my Polish classmate - I am so thankful.
On our way home, we stopped off at the bakery to get some fresh bread to have with the soup. And then enjoyed the chaos of decorations being hung for next weekends big procession.
Tonight we gain an hour as we revert to standard time- a couple of weeks ahead of the US. So for a couple of weeks we will be one hour closer to our family and friends back home.
