Shopping Adventure

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Horsemeat in a can.  This seems to be a popular item here.


The pillows on our bed needed to be replaced.  We decided to do our shopping at the Metro store, having heard that it was something like a Costco or Super Target, Kazakh style.  It is about 15 kilometers south of us, so we walked over to Saryarka St. to flag down a gypsy cab.  The trip there was uneventful, and we were able to find plump pillows and a good kitchen broom, plus a few groceries.  We were hoping to find some of the American foods we have been lacking.  We had one success in the food department:  PEANUT BUTTER!  After checking out, we walked out to the parking lot hoping for a taxi or gypsy cab.  No taxi, no cab.  By the way, it was -25 degrees F this morning.   We boarded a city bus just pulling up, rode until it stopped nearer the city, then transferred to a bus we recognized as one that has a stop near our apartment.  I asked Burke what he would have thought a year ago if someone had told him that in 2014 he would be  riding a bus in Kazakhstan with bed pillows, a kitchen broom and groceries.  It was our comic relief for the day.  The trip home was nearly an hour and a half, but now we have pillows and peanut butter.