Today I had my first self-made meal in my own apartment! That tastes great, although it wasn’t that good :)
But, they don’t have vegetarian products here :(
Even the expensive supermarket – comparable with Albert Heijn in size, service, looks, prices – only has óne vegetarian burger. Further, bio shops (or how do you call a ‘natuur(voedings)winkel’ in English?) don’t exist here. Today I came past some shop selling ‘natural’ shoes and some Weleda products. They had a few vegetarian product, but no full range either. And ecological products aren’t that recognizeble as in the Netherlands, there’s no rule of marking things green, you just have to read product listings, which is not that easy.
Also, bread seems not really to exist here. They have lots of knäckebröd, of course. But I thought normal bread wasn’t that rare. It is though.
So, thats Lode on a diet :)
Oh, one great thing is that the local supermarket is open until 22.00 and not that far away, most of the time getting there is spent in walking down the stairs of my flat – 6 in total.
Tags: culture, food, knäckebröd, shopping, vegetarian
Categories: a cultural journey, an emotional journey
Well, you can always make your own falafel ^_^
good luck with your diet over there, there’s probably more to be found when you become more of a local there : )
have fun!
Yeah indeed, I found a good supermarket yesterday. They have lots of things, also falafel ;) But, making it myself is more fun. We’ll see..