According to their website, Carrefour is the second largest retailer in the world,and the largest in Europe, with 9500 stores in 32 countries. It wasn't surprising to find one in the large City Center shopping mall here, after a 10-minute ride on a tram.
We love wandering around markets. In the portion of the store stocking items other than food, we even bought a roll of duct tape (German Pattex Power Tape) to try to patch up the handle of one of our roll-aboards, which annoyingly fell apart this morning.
After that, we compared the beef and the pork, deciding that the pork is probably much higher quality here (and there's certainly a lot more of it displayed for sale), and we couldn't overlook the cured meats and cheese available in abundance.
Oh, oh... looking at all this food is giving us an appetite.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
We enjoy sharing our travel experiences and providing the odd travel tip to friends, relatives, and visitors.