Day 8 – Friday – Schmand!
I survived a whole week! Take that world! I am freaking out not having internet at home though. Maybe it’s a good thing, maybe I am too dependent? Shall we see what happens if I am cut off? Perhaps being alone in a foreign country is not the time to try such an experiment. Then again, perhaps it is ;)

Schmand! What the hell is this Schmand! I went to the store hoping for cottage cheese, and came home with schmand, which is apparently sour cream. ARRRR! Guenduez is fasting for Ramadan, so I really can’t ask him to come into the grocery store with me. And there are plenty of food words in my dictionary, but mostly for restaurants. So, basically, I am useless when it comes to grocery stores. Lots of stuff I can figure out from where it is in the store and what it is near, and sometimes I am lucky and there are pictures on the label. But even then, I can’t understand the cooking instructions if there are any. Such torture.