Shopping and Germany are usually not a match from my point of view given that very few places accept credit cards (I still cannot believe it, but there is nothing I can do about it except loading myself with cash before going).
This said, Germany offers the Catsan Smartpack for cheaper than in Belgium so naturally, twice a year, we load the car with 10 packs so we're covered and save about 1 euro per pack.
The most interesting part of the day was not at Fressnapf, but in the shopping mall and later at Hornbach.
As you may know I love Christmas and every year I have a Christmas tree at home. This year, in a bigger apartment I envision an even bigger tree. I foresee to put it on around December 6th, Saint Nicolas. I like to put the tree early enough so I can enjoy it for at least a couple of weeks. That is very (too) early according to Wolfram's own family tradition. Life being made of compromises, Wolfram agreed to the xmas tree as early as I want but with one condition: no electrical light, only real candles.
Today one of the key objectives was to find the candle holders and the candles for the tree. Those are almost impossible to find in Belgium or France, given it is not the habit anymore. After visiting several shops we had silver candle holders meeting Wolfram's specifications and 5 packs of candles. Luckily for us, shops had already started to have the xmas decoration and accessories on shelf. This of course triggered the purchase of different decoration elements including a Santa Claus and a moose (you'll have to wait for xmas decoration entry to discover them :)).
At Hornbach (a do-it-yourself place), we found the perfect light fitting for the guest room which already made us very happy. Further down we discovered it was Asia week in the green house (yes, located right next to xmas decoration) and we bought 2 bonsais: 1 for Silke's birthday and one for our guest room.
And to make sure we will not kill it, here is a question for Google: how do you take care of a Fukien-Tee Carmona Macrophylla bonsai?
Re-designed guest room is ready for its first guests! (Joy?)
2 comments:
We actually save 2,80 Euro on the Smartpacks... :)
Not that it would be in any way important to you, but we have really been shocked how expensive diapers are in Belgium. It’s almost double the price than at home… so even without credit cards a shopping tour in Germany might be worth it ;-)
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