Wednesday, 28 July 2010 19:04
The kids and I have been home six weeks now, and we are still enthralled by the little things. For one, the miracle of having everything around us happen in our own language still seems...well, like a miracle. The fact that someone bags my groceries at the supermarket may never lose its freshness for me. At first my daughter and I were trying to do it all ourselves—playing that favorite European supermarket game "Race the Cashier"—until it dawned on us that the baggers don't really want us to help. These smiling people want us to stand out of the way and simply watch as they deal efficiently with our cold, our produce, our health & beauty. They even chat with us, and wave us off at the end with the cheery advice to “have a nice day.” All for free. It's like having my own personal grocery store servants.
