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Shopping - 23/12/19

Today was shopping day. We drove to Detmold in Aunt Petra's second car and stopped first at a hardware store for light bulbs and a sink plug. Second, we stopped at a technology store for a charger. Last year, we bought a laptop for grandma, which she was meant to use every day to help with her dementia. But she never used it, and so the charger was lost for lack of use. We bought another charger, and I am writing on that laptop right now. And now the hard bit. Shoes and clothes. In Germany, in winter, it is extremely hard to find kid's sport shoes. This is because in winter, it is too cold to do outside sport, and so almost all sport is in a sport hall. For these, you don't use normal grippy shoes, but shoes similar to tennis shoes: with poor grip and a smooth sole. We did find a pair of shoes for me, though, but none for Niklas. After this, we searched for long pants to withstand the German winter. These were easier to find: go into any department store and you will find pants, long and short. We bought Niklas a pair of jeans, and for me a pair of jeans, a shirt, and a pair of long house pants. We also each got a pair of warm ski gloves. On the way back, we stopped at the Market again for some Pommes*. When we came back, there was a new present under the Christmas Tree.

*Pommes = Chips

P.S at the time of writing this, it's Christmas, so

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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  1. Luky Vyhnalek3 January 2020 at 12:29

    Some tennis shoes have really good grip.
    LOL

    P.S:
    Who was the present for. Was it a new book for you

    ReplyDelete

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