Day 14 - Sleep and then on to Føtex for groceries

I really forgot how jet laggy the trip to Europe can be. We were in a coma until around 11.00 at which point we realized that everything closes at 15.00 (3pm) and we have no food. Plus everything is closed tomorrow for Nytår.

So it was off to Vesterbro to the Føtex for groceries and odds and ends to get us through tomorrow.

The "house" is where we live. The "A" is the Føtex. It was probably about a 10 minute walk. I think that Føtex is a sort of mid price place. It was big - two floors with the first floor being food, beverage, and cleaning stuff. The second floor was housewares and electronics. Think Danish Target.

Before buying groceries we went a little farther east and passed the the Københavns Hovedbanegård which is the largest and oldest train station in Copenhagen.

We walked a little farther and checked out Tivoli gardens. We might head over there tonight to watch the fireworks.

Speaking of fireworks, they have been going all day. It sounds like we're under constant attack.

Things are still pretty expensive at Føtex, but there was a much larger selection than at Netto, which is more like a bargain convenience store. It will take some getting used to with all of the descriptions in Danish, the weights in grams, and the prices in DKK. At some point I won't need to convert in my head.

Nearly all of the vegetables / greens are prepacked in plastic. Bulk / separate was only an option for some produce - lemons, some weird unknown fruits that looked like squashed orange tomatoes, scallions, leeks, and another weird fruit or vegetable that looked like a squashed green potato. It was sort of like chayote, but I'm sure it wasn't. I should have brought some chiles with me, they were like 15DKK for 2 or 3 jalepenos!

There appeared to be three tiers of produce. For carrots, for example, you had one bag at 20, one at 17, and one at 15. All the same weight and all the same type of carrot. I went with the cheapo carrots, I think the bargain brand was OKD.

It is a little weird trying to figure out the different brands. Laundry detergent was interesting. It helps a little that I have listened / watched so much British stuff as there are a lot of the same brands.

It was also nice to have a grocery store that sells alcohol again. Stupid Massachusetts.

After we loaded up our bags we headed home. Thankfully no rain. While typing this out, I saw this ridiculous commercial.

Good work Apollo.

Anyway, we found a Mexican place around the corner that still had reservations so we will be eating there at 20.00 tonight and then off to fireworks at either Tivoli or, if we're feeling like a longer walk, Rådhuspladsen.

Goht Nytår!