First Shopping Trip in Eindhoven

A small insert: Aaron had already scouted out the neighborhood and found a local grocery store, that thankfully enough is open until 9 PM. Most stores close here at 6 PM. We emptied Ezra's rolling backpack so we could load some groceries in it and took the kids for a a stroll to the grocery store. The kids whined and protested that we would be walking, and demanded the car on the way to the store (it's really only 5 minutes). Once we were at the store Ezra was excited to be pushing around the cart made especially for children and then abandoned it promptly to go climb in the little play area in the store. How very thoughtful of them! Aaron and I took turns looking through the store, delighted to see some items we had missed in the US like Quark (a dairy product that is hard to describe to those who haven't tasted it: perhaps a mixture between sour cream, yogurt, and cream cheese), wary of all the delicious pastries that added 15 lbs to our waistline last time we were in Europe, and amused because of the sizes the ketchup bottles come in. European fridges are tiny, so accordingly the bottles are tiny. I suppose that's why Europeans don't have obesity problems like in America because they have to walk to the store daily just to keep their tiny fridge stocked. I stood in the aisle holding up the bottle of ketchup that was the size of a tester at samsclub and like a true American hollered over to Aaron on the other side of the store "awww, look at the size of these!". After getting our essentials we walked home and the kids even proudly took turns pulling the backpack. Today, we returned to the store and Ezra already was excited about getting to walk to the store. I LIKE the walking.