So, there is a point after you have finally relocated to your new country that you have to face the Great Unknown of the local super markets.

What that is, is essentially the feeling of anxiety, excitement, panic, joy and combination of when going through shelves and shelves of product you have no idea if you like, are healthy, have too much sugar or carbs or fat.

I am a creature of comforts. I like to have my brand of milk/soup/whatever.

I am also an avid reader of nutrition labels. You need to know what you put in your body even if you choose the crap high-fat, high-cal  whatever as opposed to the low-fat “healthy” version.

If you are going to abuse your body, ensure you know what you are abusing it with (this is by far the biggest reason why I never endulged in any chemical drugs.. I refuse to have glue and strychnine floating in my blood).

So what happens for the first few months is that every trip to the super market is A Great Adventure Into The Unknown. It entails taking down notes, staring down aisles (which alarms the local workforce a LOT) and questions such as “I thought you were getting some milk and bread, what took you so long?” from Hubby.

The first time I really experienced The Super Market Factor was visiting a Tesco (Heathen yeah, yeah, I know..) in London: The sheer variation of goods, the versatility (who knew you could get Peruvian whatever smack middle in London?!) was new to me. I had only come from lil Greece where people buy pretty much the same things they did 60 years ago.

The feeling is the same every time.

It is that mild discomfort of having to reorganise your underwear drawers and throwing out whatever is broken beyond fixing and trying to get excited with this new bra you had to buy because yours is discontinued (yet not understanding why that happened! it was perfect!).

The one thing I really don’t like about American food products is that everything is sickeningly sweet. Syrupy almost.. and for a person who doesn’t really have a sweet tooth, that is not very appealing.

Which means that hopefully I will lose some more weight! BONUS Bling Bling Bling!!

Song of the Moment:

1979 by Smashing Pumpkins