19 October 2011

Compras en la lluiva

Our friend, Ania, took us today at 8 AM to an every-Wednesday special vegetable and fruit sale. It was in the front of one of the grocery stores we have shopped at. Then she drove on to the Sams Club store and next door to the WalMart in Córdoba, which is five miles away. So we stocked up on heavy items and food for a couple weeks. Fresh fish is half the price of pork and beef, which are near US prices. Fresh veg and fruit are 1/4 to half the price as in Anacortes. The bus is very direct from here to there. We will have to walk about four blocks from our apartment to the bus and then it stops right in front of WalMart.

Today started out raining. Guess the good Lord knew we had been overdoing it. Many long walks looking for the perfect place to live. It will be quite surprising to us both if we do not eventually move here. There are nowheres near as many houses for sale or rent here as in the US. Turns out that my brother who is head of Lowes construction, will be here in Córdoba maybe before we leave in January. New store to be built there. Pretty exciting.

After January - we really do not know what our next step will be. May not even by the time we leave here in January. I can say that I am already missing my two cats terribly.

Prices paid today, converted to US$...
broccoli $0.10 lb, onion 0.25 lb, banana 0.21 lb, tomato 0.25 lb, potato 0.23 lb, avocado 0.25 each, lean burger (good) 1.80 lb, cheap beer 2.40 6pk, Yoplait 4oz yogurt 0.20, tunafish 0.70 can, Kellog's bran flakes 1.98 lb, Quaker granola 2.33 lb, large bakery cupcake 0.50 Not bad, huh?

Carmen is enjoying home cooking again, and is finding more variety in foods here than she thought she would. Had burger in tomato sauce over egg noodles and fresh green beans for lunch. Was yummy, or maybe we were just starved.