Adventures in grocery shopping

KIRKCALDY, SCOTLAND — Melanie and I walked to Aldi the other afternoon to shop for groceries. Our meandering path led us past lots of lovely old stone homes, some with leaded glass windows, some with ornamental wooden gingerbread embellishments at the gable peaks, many surrounded by stone walls and lovely flower gardens.

Arriving at the grocery store, we were confronted with a challenge… how to unlink one of the shopping carts parked in the cart corral outside so we could take it inside to do our shopping.

Linked shopping carts outside Aldi
Linked shopping carts outside the Aldi store

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If it’s Wednesday this must be Stirling (Castle)

Stirling Castle sits high atop a rocky crag in Stirling, Scotland
Stirling Castle sits high atop a rocky crag in Stirling, Scotland

SCOTLAND – Melanie and I have been in Scotland for just about two weeks now. We’ve (mostly) adjusted to the 8-hour time difference from back in Stanwood, Washington; figured out how the buses and trains work; can make proper change when we pay for something; and we’re getting used to some of the differences in language (yes, they speak English, too, but it often sounds quite different from the American English we’re used to).

In our past travels, this would have been the point in the trip when we had to head back home (and back to work) after a much-too-short vacation, with way too many places still on our “we should go there” list.

But not this time. We’re just getting started…
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