So I was wandering through this grocery store the other and just kept having to laugh. First, it can be a little bit of a potshot when you are buying things here. There are a lot of products which are made for Albania so I can usually muddle through the labels in Albanian and determine what’s inside, but the ones in Macedonian, Greek, Italian, and Russian are still at a loss to me.
There is not a lot of American products here. There are a lot of Italian and Greek stuff. Randomly, one of the only American products (other than Coke) is Philadelphia Cream Cheese. And by the way… it is delicious. And reminds me of home.
Thirdly, the baby food and the liquor are in the same aisle. I’m from Pennsylvania so its weird enough for me to see liquor in a grocery store, but it cracked me up to see liquor sharing the aisle with baby food.
I was looking for chicken breast which they don’t have any, but fortunately they have not run out of sheep’s head so I picked up a few for a delicious soup.
Finally, they have Titanic chocolate here. It has a picture of Leonardo and Kate Winslet on the front. When did this movie come out?!? I swear I remember going to a midnight show my freshman year of college (which was quite a while ago.) I decided not to buy the Titanic chocolate.
November 27, 2007
November 19, 2007
The Quest
I am now living on my own!! This has made me a happy happy person. I’m really glad I had the opportunity to live with an Albanian family because it really gave me a glimpse into their culture – the food, the language, the family structures, but it was time for me to have a space of my own.
I know live on the first floor of a two floor house. It has a bedroom, a big entry way with a table and couch, a bathroom, and a kitchen. It is a great house. The kitchen is very modern and the whole place is nice. I had a bit of a struggle getting all of the electricity and water hook ups, but now I think I’m good to go.
That is my main excitement so my last few weeks have been focused around cleaning, rearranging and buying a few new things for the place. I did manage to fit in a cultural event.
I went and saw the Albanian International Opera Festival. It had entrants from countries all over the world and it ended up being won by a South Korean. He sang the song Figaro and it was awesome. It is particularly interesting because our Asian volunteers are constantly frustrated by the lack of knowledge about Asian culture here, so it was great to see an Asian winning the prize.
And I have officially fallen in love with opera. This was the first time I had ever seen an operatic song live and it was AMAZING. I’m planning to go see the Albanian opera at some point. Who knew I would join the PC and end up falling for opera.
I know live on the first floor of a two floor house. It has a bedroom, a big entry way with a table and couch, a bathroom, and a kitchen. It is a great house. The kitchen is very modern and the whole place is nice. I had a bit of a struggle getting all of the electricity and water hook ups, but now I think I’m good to go.
That is my main excitement so my last few weeks have been focused around cleaning, rearranging and buying a few new things for the place. I did manage to fit in a cultural event.
I went and saw the Albanian International Opera Festival. It had entrants from countries all over the world and it ended up being won by a South Korean. He sang the song Figaro and it was awesome. It is particularly interesting because our Asian volunteers are constantly frustrated by the lack of knowledge about Asian culture here, so it was great to see an Asian winning the prize.
And I have officially fallen in love with opera. This was the first time I had ever seen an operatic song live and it was AMAZING. I’m planning to go see the Albanian opera at some point. Who knew I would join the PC and end up falling for opera.
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