Me and Matt went to the super market today, called Colyrut, in what we planned on being a simple and quick trip. We were wrong. First, we couldn't figure out if we were actually at the right place, as it looked more like a strange version of home depot than a grocery store, but once we made our way up the concrete ramps, we entered into a Costco-esque type place.
The funny thing about the Belgian grocery stores, we came to find out after we had returned home with our groceries, is that just because things are wrapped together in plastic rap, dosen't mean that you can't seperate them and purchase only one of the product. So for instance, we bought a package of pasta, that came with four bags wrapped together. The price label underneath the pasta read:
4 x 1.5e = 6e
So we figured, that this cost 6e because it was four packages in one. However, if you were to seperate it, you could purchase just one back for the 1.5e price. Weird. You can also seperate 6 packs of beer and buy a single beer if you wish.
Another big difference that I noticed was that the store dosen't display its frozen items like we do in the states, rather they have them in closed freezers with pictures of the items above the freezers, I thought this was kind of strange.
After we managed to get out of the store with the items we wanted, we hit up a neighborhood bakery for an eclair, it was delicious.
Today we head out to the center of Brussels to learn more about the transportation etc.
Once it stops raining here I will be taking some photos, but the forecast is for rain the next whole week.
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