During a break in the rain yesterday, we decided to walk down the high street in search of some groceries. After some more trying, we figured out that the stove top was locked (you had to hold the button for about 15 seconds to get it to unlock, hence our initial quickly push every button activity was futile), so we thought we could get ingredients for dinner. We walked what felt like quite a way to Lidl. I believe it is pronounced Leedle. It looks and acts like Aldi, (but no charge for carts) but is not related. We walked every aisle and just looked at everything – except the frozen food. I stopped Keith from ogling ice cream because we have no freezer. It’s possible we could buy and then eat all the ice cream immediately, but not this trip. We had nothing, so we literally needed everything.
We absolutely love grocery stores and visit them whenever we can while traveling. After checking everything out, I wasn’t sure what to get, as we had to carry it all the way back. I suggested getting a jarred sauce and some chicken. I put Keith in charge, which is hilarious. He reads all the ingredients, and picks them up and puts them down, wonders aloud about the flavors, and then asks me what he should choose. In fairness, I am a dreadful eater and don’t like so many things, and he likes everything, but sometimes I don’t want to be in charge. (He chose a tikka masala. I asked if I like tikka masala. He asked didn’t you have it from the Indian takeaway place in Scotland in 2019? I said I had no idea. He said I did and I liked it. Good then.) We had a very lengthy debate about buying salt and pepper. Could we eat veg with no seasoning? Would they add a lot of weight to the bag? Oh my. It was idiots at the grocery store. We ended up checking out with sauce, chicken breasts, salt, pepper, beans, a cucumber and some peppers. Oh, and nutella digestives. (They are gone now. Note: I do not like hazelnut.) Total weight about 3 pounds. I insisted some go in my backpack and Keith carried the rest, bag dangling from his umbrella hand. (Oh, look, it was raining) Turns out stopping and looking and reading signs and just taking it all in makes a walk seem much longer than it really is. We were home in 20 minutes – about .7 miles. Keith had a work meeting at 6pm local time and by the time he was finished, I was practically asleep on the couch. Jet lag will not leave me! He made macaroni and cheese that we imported with us. After we eat tonight, we will still need everything. Except salt and pepper.
You’ll see our house on the left about 25 seconds into this video. After that, it follows exactly where we walked yesterday. The video stops about 20 feet short of the Lidl driveway. This video came from YouTube already. We didn’t make it. You can tell because it’s not raining.
Enjoy pictures of some of the things I enjoyed looking at.
Loving reading your updates- can we please give you a lift to lidl next time though?? Weather wise you really are getting the worst possible start – the rain will stop I promise. Just think it might get a little worse before it gets better!!!!
We are having quite a laugh over your reading about our attempts to acclimate. Everyone said, “It rains a lot in Wales.” We might be disappointed if it was sunny. 😊
To be clear, we were laughing at ourselves, not you!!
Don’t forget the Wheatabix! Do you remember walking back to our flat in Notting Hill from Waitrose? With a six-pack of little Cokes and way too much other stuff? Love the grocery montage.
I remember it was a pretty far walk and some bags were quite heavy, but little Cokes? Why in the world was I buying little Cokes!? 🙂
For Keith!
Good to know that Prosecco is universal. Next time, take your rolling suitcase. Let them talk about the weird Americans!
There were 4 brands of Prosecco! Oh my goodness, I laughed out loud imagining pulling our big green suitcase down the street. No one would know what was inside…
Pots of Joy?! Yes, please! That looks amazing.
Love grocery shopping while traveling as well. You learn so much.
I agree. That is a product with my name written all over it. It’s somewhat amazing that I didn’t buy it. I was trying to be good, but I’ll probably get it eventually.
I think Cadbury milk chocolate spread sounds wonderful – no salt or pepper needed.
Actually, nothing but a spoon is needed 🙂
Milk Choco Pillows…yum! The bag of caster sugar reminds me of the Great British Baking Show. 😊
I think Milk Choco pillows could very easily be a snack while watching tv…
JUST NOW catching up…. I have to go get a haircut, so comments will have to wait, but what a treat to get quickly caught up this morning (or afternoon in Wales)! This is all just capital. The living looks like a fun adventure, and Keith’s head is definitely on straight relative to the first rehearsal. We’ll be checking in more as the days go by…
Thanks, Jerry
So many pictures of chocolate things–excellent! The cheese name was my favorite, though. If ever I write a mystery novel set in Wales (as opposed to all the other mystery novels I’ve written?), Crumley Wensleydale will be my detective.
Perfect!