Day 6

Well, apparently I was tired. I fell asleep at 23.15 last night and woke up at 11.11. Sleeping this long is very unusual for me, but today I didn't really mind. Half an hour passed before I was ready to get out of bed and fix some breakfast. Stella and Sören were already awake and we had an interesting chat about well.. a range of subjects actually.
The afternoon was spent browsing the web and walking through the neighbourhood, today's weather: sunshine & 17 degrees C, Swedes walking in T-shirts all over the place. I decided to go to Lidl, the one supermarket in the close proximity of the house that I did not yet visit. Ica, which is across the street, is like the Dutch Albert Heijn. Then there's Hemköp, which is more like Plus/Jumbo. And Coop, where I have not been this week, it's not too close to where I tend to come (Hemsköp is close to the school, Ica and Lidl are close to each other and close to the house).

Ica was the first grocery store I visited, the Monday night of my arrival. It was a rather fun experience. I walked into the store to find flowers, several fridges with dairy products, a back wall with butcher & cheese department and in the middle a couple of rows with freezers. Asking myself if this was really it, or if they closed down a part of the store because it was the second day of easter, I walked on to find a corridor with crisps and snacks. Deciding to take my chances and walk into the corridor, I found another department with non-food products (beauty stuff, postcards etc.) and another corridor. Following the path, another corridor, and another one, the fruits department, another corridor, holy.. another corridor.. rows and rows of packaged goods, pastas, rice, sauces, then came the bread, pastries, flour, this store did not come to an end.. Well ofcourse in the end it did. And then I had to walk the whole way back, as the pay desks were over at the fridge department.
On Tuesday and Friday I visited two different Hemsköp shops, both had a normal grocery build up. Lidl is not different from the ones in the Netherlands or Germany.

Price-wise I feel that I pay twice the amount in Ica and Hemsköp as what I would pay in the Netherlands. At Lidl I got more value for money so I guess they'll see me more often over there.

Tonight I worked on some study-stuff and when I pulled the plug, it rained! Apparently rain is also possible in Malmö! Now: another cup of tea and time to relax.