International Markets

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You know, there are certain things you take for granted. Normally that's a bad thing. People tend to forget the important stuff and get bogged down in the little things. But you know, sometimes it can lead to some fun and funny experiences.

Take this weekend for example. Saturday, CC and I went out to do a little shopping. We first went over to this Filipino market not far from here. She wanted to show me the place plus she wanted to pick up some things we'd run out of. Nothing unusual there.

On the way back, we decided to stop off at this other place called, something like, International Food Market. It's just up the road a bit, right by a dry cleaners and a Chinese place. Now, think about this for a second, what comes to mind when you see an "international" food market? You're thinking Asian right? Maybe Korean or Chinese, or maybe you're thinking Mexican or South American. Something like that right? Yeah, that's what we were thinking too. You can imagine our surprise when we walked in and saw . . . RUSSIAN!

We didn't buy anything. Well, think about it, what are the two food items that Russia is most known for? Vodka and borcht. Oh yeah, I'm really in a rush to get my cold beet soup :-)

It was pretty cool to see the variety of different foods though. Not that I'd eat any of them, but it was interesting. Between you and me though, I preferred the Filipino market :-)

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