MediaMarkt and more

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MediaMarkt yesterday was a lot of fun, and I picked up a 4gig thumb drive for a cool 16 euros while I was there... well, Merce refused to let me pay for it, which was very nice of her indeed. I only wanted 2 gigs, but the 4 gig was only 2 euros more because it was on sale so I figured hey, why not. Merche bought a new laptop, which will cost only 100 euros after she gets her rebate back from the government... and man does it look nice. MediaMarkt really wasn't like a BestBuy like I expected, because in addition to the normal stuff that BestBuy sells MediaMarkt pretty much sold anything that uses electricity. Computers, phones, hair dryers, washing machines, blenders, radios, cameras, you name it.

Merce bought a new radio for herself because she likes to listen to the news in the morning while she is in the kitchen making breakfast. She didn't know what to look for exactly so she asked a salesman for an opinion. He asked what she would primarily be using it for, and she said "Well, I need something that can take a lot of hits and still work, something I can throw on the floor without problems." "... m'am, you really shouldn't be throwing your radio on the floor." "Yes I know but I need it to be able to survive that." (You see, Maria sometimes likes to listen to music on the little radio while she is in her stroller and inevitably the radio ends up on the floor sometimes.. but it was hilarious to see the salesman's reaction as he got the impression it was this mature woman repeatedly throwing her radio on the ground)

Merce also bought a "hand blender" as the English translation on the box called it, which is something I had never come across before. Basically it is a mixer of sorts but you hold it in your hand and so you can move it around the bowl or whatever you are doing to puree things. It was actually pretty cool I thought, and looked a lot easier to deal with than an electric mixer like we usually use in the U.S. They also come with all sorts of attachments and such too of course. Here is something like the one she bought:



Oh yeah, and on the way to MediaMarkt I saw this supermarket called Almerika I think, which couldn't be missed. It was painted bright yellow inside and out, and was so bright I'm willing to bet you could see it from space. As we passed it I commented "Ay look how YELLOW that is!" and Pedro explained that it was just another supermarket but that he preferred others because the yellow paint on the walls was really annoying after awhile. As a joke I asked "Well how does one find the bananas in that place?" Merche and Merce didn't get the joke, but Pedro responded "Oh, they have signs labeling where the bananas and the lemons are, so it isn't a problem."