Adventures in Grocery Shopping

I actually managed to wake up at a decent hour so I thought I would make dinner for everyone. This meant venturing out to the grocery store. It is really nice since it is right next door. First I had to figure out what we needed and what things were called in Swedish. I only thought to translate the spices since I wasn't sure I could figure them out on my own. It would have been nicer if Fredrik was with me but someone had to stay behind since Davin was sleeping.

My first challenge when I got to the store was renting a shopping cart. I had forgotten that you need 5 Swedish Kronor to use a shopping cart and I only had paper money with me. I went inside and asked the cashier if she spoke English ... nope so she paged someone else to help me. The young woman who came said her English wasn't good but we managed just fine. It wasn't hard to figure out I needed change for the shopping cart. ;)

I think it took me about an hour to shop. I had a lot of things on my list and many of which I didn't find the first time looking. Either things weren't where I thought they would be or I didn't know what they were called in Swedish. Then there was the converting from metric to the US measuring system. I also had forgotten how many conveniences we have in the US too. Already shredded cheeses, prepackage croissant roll dough, washed salad greens, etc. I also had to adjust the recipes since some of the veggies did not look good. The green onions were brown, dry and not very appetizing looking!

Still, I got most of what I was looking for and we headed over to Farmor's house to prepare dinner. Fredrik's sister Cattis and her son Ebbe came to visit today and will be staying at Fredrik's mom's. It was really nice to see her again and also to meet Ebbe for the first time. It is challenging since he only knows Swedish but I think we managed. Once Davin woke up from his nap, he had a lot of fun playing and the language barrier didn't seem to matter for them. Davin seemed intent on teaching Ebbe the letter "W" at first but Ebbe showed little interest. Ebbe is a very active 2 year old boy and delighted in getting into as much trouble as he could!

Dinner turned out great and we headed home after the second time the boys woke Linnea up from her nap. I went to bed around 10pm and I think Fredrik and Davin were about an hour behind me. Whew, maybe we are on our way to adjusting to Swedish time?