家乐福

Hello! Today I am writing a short blog about going to the supermarket! The name of the supermarket we went to is the title. Stevie and I went with our group's translator, Sophie, who is the cutest person in the world. She is tiny and always wears a little bow in her hair and her English vocabulary is astounding. We biked to the supermarket, and biking in China so far has been really scary , plus the bikes are uncomfortable and I've already had a chain break on me. When we got there there was a huge bike parking lot! And then we went inside...and it was giant. Stevie took pictures on her phone, but they have every food item imaginable, plus toiletries and even places for shoes and bags and souvenirs. But we bought so many fun Chinese snacks! So far my favorite is puffed rice bar that tastes kind of like an American rice krispie treat, but way better. They have every kind of bread/bakery item and lots of fresh fish and seeds and grains and tofu and noodles. It was really fun going and looking at all the new things!! Some labels on the food I can read and some I cannot -but I try to ask whenever I don't know. Stevie learned how to say peanut butter today, I think it is 花生酱. Sophie made both Stevie and I talk to the people that worked there to ask them to help us weigh things (candy) and we had to order donuts at the bakery. Afterwards we paid for everything and rode home on our bikes, stopping along the way to buy a flash drive for Stevie that was only 35 元, the equivalent of about 5 U.S. dollars for 8 G. Okay that is my story for the day. Talk to you later!