Convenience Store Shopping

Finally located the 10/11 Store (like our 7/11) two blocks down on Eggertsgata. My first day in Iceland was spent huddled under a quilt, reading and watching the snow fall. The only food available was food bars and shakes brought from home thus the 10/11 seemed like  food heaven after spending time with an empty kitchen.

I decided to purchase Nordic foods. Went first for Skyr, a type of Icelandic yogurt that can be purchased in health food stores at home. However, to call it yogurt is to suggest that burlap and silk are similar fabrics. Skyr has no equal in US or Greek yogurt. I also bought Rugbraud, an almost cake like brown bread, a wrap sandwich and djupur.

The clerk graciously mentioned that 10/11 is more expensive than the grocery store. Since a grocery is not nearby and I am walking in sleet so hard it feels like needles hitting my face, I did not quibble about cost.  I will bargain shop at Publix, where shopping is a pleasure and I am not soaked in freezing rain. Walking back, I thought that the grocery bag in one hand and the computer bag on the other shoulder would help me to balance. Turning toward my apartment came a gust of wind so strong it pushed me against a parked car. So this is how Jim Cantore feels reporting for the Weather Channel in a hurricane.