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maryse's avatar

Thank you for explaining where the word Schengen comes from. I’ve been wondering for years (although not enough to google myself.)

I like the idea of daily shopping. We do it when we are in France. And yes. How many types of toilet paper do we need in the US? On the other hand at my local supermarket in the US, my groceries are bagged by an employee, while I pay so the line moves efficiently but my tomatoes don’t get crushed. In contrast to having to face a smug faced cashier in France sitting with her arms crossed across her chest while I struggle to get my groceries in the plastic sacs she just rudely tossed in my direction. Even the nice ones don’t lift a finger. Maybe they are nicer in Switzerland. 🙄.

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Gregory Garretson's avatar

Nice piece, Elizabeth! Having lived in Sweden until recently, I can commiserate about the high price of groceries (in fact, people in the US probably can too, now), but it sounds like Switzerland is something else entirely. In Sweden, there are massive supermarkets right on the Norwegian border, and more importantly, there are also liquor stores, so that the Norwegians can come over on the weekend and stock up on everything—because as expensive as Sweden is, Norway is worse. However, there are no police ready to fine you for playing "hide the sausage". 😉

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