Shopping here is hard. Unlike in America there is no such thing as the "one-stop-shop", there is a specific store for pretty much everything. It makes it difficult for me to know where to go because none of the stores are the same as back home. For example, to get shampoo I would usually go to Walgreens, here the store is called "Bipa" and it is all makeup and hair products, nothing else.
For a girl, walking in this store is a like a dream come true.... as for guys, they must have to go undercover to buy shampoo.
An American fridge could eat a Austrian fridge and go back for seconds. So instead of doing their grocery shopping once a week, or every two weeks, they go grocery shopping pretty much every day. Luckily my apartment is literally right above a "Billa" which is pretty much a miniature version of the Pick-n-Save.
So every night or every other night I run down to the Billa with Sophia and buy "dinner" which here is pretty much bread and cheese. Lunch is where the parties at, so you better be hungry then, or you will be starving later!
The final store that I have been to is "Libro," if you know any Spanish you might have guessed what this place is for. Its where you can buy books, office supplies and some music and movies. I had to run there after school today for some school supplies. Fun fact, binders here only have two rings, and on occasion four. Never three.
They also hide their notebook paper. So if you are ever in Europe looking for notebook paper, don't look in the paper section. Look by the "hefts" which are folders. Who would have thought!
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