Experiencing and (more importantly) appreciating local culture and gastronomie is important, but from time to time, we foreigners need to delight in the little things that remind us of home.
While in Geneva last weekend, I happened upon a stock of a particular item that I had long given up on ever tasting again. The product, a simple drink, is the subject of much dégustation back at home. None can be found anywhere in Grenoble.
However, in the Coop supermarket in downtown Grenoble, I found it: the elixir, bottled lightning: Dr. Pepper.
I bought all of the store’s 45 cans and packed them in “les cartons” regularly reserved for wines.
A store employee was hesitant to give them to me, but once I explained (as I regularly have to), that foreigners are a little bizarre and that I had come a long way for this product. Packing them carefully, I marched towards the cash register with a sense of accomplishment, and, more importantly, a sense of the enjoyment yet to be.
Somehow, I only lost one of the Dr. Pepper cans on the way back from Geneva and Evuan les Bains. It managed an escape route through my well designed confines of cardboard and shopping bags.
Nonetheless, I can degust Dr. Pepper for at least 45 days. Maybe I’ll manage another day trip to Geneva sometime soon…
While in Geneva last weekend, I happened upon a stock of a particular item that I had long given up on ever tasting again. The product, a simple drink, is the subject of much dégustation back at home. None can be found anywhere in Grenoble.
However, in the Coop supermarket in downtown Grenoble, I found it: the elixir, bottled lightning: Dr. Pepper.
I bought all of the store’s 45 cans and packed them in “les cartons” regularly reserved for wines.
A store employee was hesitant to give them to me, but once I explained (as I regularly have to), that foreigners are a little bizarre and that I had come a long way for this product. Packing them carefully, I marched towards the cash register with a sense of accomplishment, and, more importantly, a sense of the enjoyment yet to be.Somehow, I only lost one of the Dr. Pepper cans on the way back from Geneva and Evuan les Bains. It managed an escape route through my well designed confines of cardboard and shopping bags.
Nonetheless, I can degust Dr. Pepper for at least 45 days. Maybe I’ll manage another day trip to Geneva sometime soon…
1 comment:
I really hope that you did not spend 1.2 Euros each on those 45 Dr. Peppers.... According to the google conversion rate this would be about 69.4926 U.S. dollars in total. And even for liquid lightning, this seems like a bit much.
Chris W
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