Becoming a so-called "local", or my attempt

Since I am living here I need to learn the subway, bus, and train systems. I need to shop for food and drinks and living accessories (pillow, sheets, towels, etc.) Luckily, we made an trip to ikea and bought some home necessities! The subways and metro lines are super easy to use, I was a bit nervous as first, but it is just like Boston. You look to see what the last stop is, then make sure your destination is on the way, and hop right on! Fortunately, the program I am out here with has helped us with purchasing student metro passes, which is good for 30 days, and I believe I paid $30 US dollars, so it's a pretty good deal. I use the metro EVERY day and multiple times, and all I do is flash the student ID and metro ticket to get in, although most of the time no one checks but it's better to have it on you at all times.


As far as food shopping goes, holy moly, the farmer's market style shopping area next to my school is overwhelming.

it's huge, it's foreign, and it's fast pace, you need to know your shit.

Anyways, I saw it as a fun experience. Allie (my roommate) and I tried to buy some meat or chicken for dinner, complete fail. We had no idea what was pork of chicken. There were pigs feets and chicken hearts, livers and brains, it was awful haha. We will stick to our boneless chicken from Tesco (aka Shaw's supermarket). Other than the meats there are huge vegetable and fruit stands, now those are fun! I bought vegetables for a week or more for like 3 bucks, not to shabby. Back in the US (although I didn't shop often for food) I think you can buy a carton of blackberries for $3.00? Although it is a fun experience going food shopping and experimenting with cooking for the first time at my apartment, I do miss SO many different meals back in the states.

Feel free to mail me some..

1. Mom's macaroons

2. Kraft mac and cheese

3. steak tips!

4. Peet's Coffee, made every morning thanks to my parents, coffee isn't the same, *big sigh...*

5. Maddie's breakfasts (where I worked in the states, breakfast and lunch is amazing there)

So Croatia posts are coming next. I know these are pretty boring. Mostly created for the family cause they would ask these types of things, you know hows the city life, what kinds of foods are you buying, etc.

Sending my love to my family and friends! Miss you all very veryyyy much, emphasis on "very much" hehe.

Szia!