Michelle’s FA Blog

Clean Up On Isle 7, American Lost Her Lunch!

March 14th, 2007

Saturday March 11, 2007

So Michelle is starting to feel better! We went to the grocery today. It was the first time we have been out of the hospital not to mention our room in 2 days. It felt good to get out. Going to the grocery is definitely an experience here! They definitely have a variety of selections to say the least. They really don’t sell anything that they do in America. Even the Lay’s brand potato chips are different here. Their flavors are like stir-fried chicken legs or finger licking good pork pieces or chinese grilled medley. I’m not making these up! I wish I were. I tried to find healthy foods for Michelle and I instead of eating her favorites coke and chocolate! The fruit here is super expensive. Cherries are 88 RMBs a pound. Which is like 10 USD per pound. The other fruit is really different than home and is all in Chinese so you don’t really know what you are getting. That’s pretty much like anything at the grocery store. You cannot buy milk here. Milk does come in powdered form however and is even more expensive than the fruit. They do sell yogourt which if you like eating aloe you’ll fit right in! Not to mention the hanging dried meat and freshly plucked whole chickens, beaks and all! Anyways, enough about crazy food, tomorrow we are gong to Hangzhou and WestLake with some other patients and family members to do some shopping and site seeing. The first place Michelle and I are stopping is at Starbucks. Hopefully it’s somewhat like it is in the states. Lol! Hope everyone is doing great!

~Elizabeth

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