No coins for the fountain
One of the things that is really interesting about living in another culture is how things that seem so natural to you are so completely unnatural in another country. One of SJ's favorite pastimes at home is to go to the shopping mall and throw pennies into the fountain. While we are fortunate to have a large fountain a mere half block from our flat, throwing pennies into the fountain does not seem to be a German tradition. At least that we have observed.
We observed another cultural difference at the grocery store the other night. The grocery stores here are much smaller than we are used to in the U.S., so negotiating a shopping cart and a stroller through the aisles can be a bit challenging. We had been discussing whether it would be okay to leave our stroller outside the grocery store while we shopped, and decided that maybe it wouldn't be safe to leave it unattended. However, the other night we saw that someone had left their stroller outside while they were shopping, so maybe it is okay. Upon further review, we noted that not only had they left their stroller unattended, they left their infant in the stroller unattended! Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
posted by Nathan @ 6:09 AM
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Ah, grocery shopping in the city. When we lived in Park Slope, we discovered the best option was frequent small trips to the grocery store. We'd only buy what fit under the stroller, tucked into the canopy (closed) and what we could hang on the handles. C had to stay in the stroller, of course, or it tipped over. Another benefit of this was, if it fit on the stroller, we could generally get it all up the stairs (US third floor, as you might recall) in one trip, even with C. (We did sometimes leave our stroller downstairs in our building until the end of the day.)
Your blog reminds us of all we liked in the city...
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