Here's some more questions that I received:
What kind of things are not available in Austria?
What kind of things can you get in Austria that you can't find in the U.S.?
There are a lot of things that I haven't been able to find in Austria yet. Maybe they're here, I just haven't found them. Most of the missionaries I know in Europe have a list of U.S. goods that they stock up on when they return to the U.S. or when someone from the U.S. visits them. I've found a really helpful blog from a woman living in Germany who lists product substitutes and where to find those hard-to-find items. There's also a British import store in the city that carries some foodstuff from the U.S. in the event that I really need something. But it's expensive, so I'm going to try to avoid buying there, if possible. Some of the things that I haven't found here (or are quite different than what you get in the U.S.) are brown sugar (no soft brown sugar), vanilla extract, breakfast sausage, deodorant (not that they don't have it here, it's just not the same), peanut butter, and cream of chicken soup. I'm sure there's more, but this is what comes to mind.
I haven't really found anything in Austria that I couldn't believe I was able to live without in the U.S. There are at least two things that are available in abundance in Austria that I never paid much attention to in the U.S. Ice cream and chocolate. Two things that I really need, right? If you go to the inner city, you can't take two steps without seeing someone eating ice cream. And I know they're not all tourists. The "eis salons" are always packed. And the chocolate aisle at the grocery store! It's unbelievable. Swiss, Belgium, German -- they've got chocolate from all over the continent.
And in some stores, yes, even chocolate from the U.S.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
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When I was there 11 years ago, I revelled in the awesome ice cream. Then I was devastated to discover that they closed all the eis salons on the last day of September. As if the public's need for eis cream disappears with the warm weather!
Wow, Gina. That's gotta be the record for the fastest comment -- just barely an hour after I posted. I'm pleased to announce that at least two of the eis salons (one being Zanoni & Zanoni) are open year-round now. I think I read that Zanoni & Zanoni even has a heated deck, so you can enjoy your ice cream outside even when it's cold. I'll have to check that out sometime this winter.
Thanks for the link, Alisha. Nice blog and welcome to the Continent! (And those are some very, very cute nieces you've got)
Six years in Chemnitz, and I've never been able to find a deodorant that works for me. They carry some of the same brands that we can get in the States, but they must change the formula or something, because even these brands don't work! I've always gotten my deodorant either from military bases, had people send it from the States or brought it back myself...and one time a friend even brought me some from Canada! :o)
Court - Have you tried Rexona Cotton Dry Stick? The blog that is linked in this post says that the Consumer Reports equivalent in Germany gives it a "sehr gut". I'm going to give it a try when I run out of my U.S. deodorant -- which will be soon.
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