Turns out that my list of "staples" that I usually would get every week aren't actually staples here. Some of them are really, really expensive. So all the kitchen knowledge I've accumulated in Canada is pretty useless here. We're going to have to adjust our eating habits and figure out what will work.
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| Rice Krispies with a different name |
Other things are "foreign" like Ketchup. They use tomato sauce here.
A roasted chicken which would cost $7.99 at Costco in St. John's was $20.99 here at IGA (and even a bit smaller in size!).
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| Yummy Steak 'n Mushroom Pie! |
But the bakery and the meat pies are delicious! We walked as a family to the local shopping centre (hoping to get a stroller but no such luck) and found a lovely bakery where the girls got buns with icing and sprinkles and James and I had a blue-berry lattice thingy. Next door was a shop that claimed to have Canberra's best meat pies. And the steak-and-mushroom was fantastic! Maybe we've set our tastebud expectations too high by starting with the best shop.
We headed to the local swimming area which had 3 outdoor pools (wading, lessons, lanes) and a splash pad. Of course, it wasn't free, but we spent a lovely time playing in the water for a couple of hours. We went in the morning when there were less people, but by the time we'd left, there was a lot of people. And they all seemed to have huge lunch coolers, balloons, lawn chairs or blow up chairs and a throng of kids.
We've learned that people here like to get together outside of their homes at places. So people meet at coffee shops, or parks with BBQs, or at the pool. And they hang out, eating and visiting. Even family members do this. Something we'll have to adjust to.
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