Shopping
I did a bit of shopping today to get some essentials that I need for before school starts and it's interesting to see what's different and what's the same here. Firstly bus fare is charged based on where you're going, not a flat rate.
The products are named differently here too, for example, Kelloggs Rice Bubbles? Complete with Snap, Crackle and Pop on the front. Or how about Hungry Jacks, instead of Burger King, I think Canada is the only place that calls it Burger King, apparently it's Hungry Jack's in the States too. And while we're on the topic of fast food restaurants the McValue meals here are sold differently too. Basically, the way it works is that all McValue meals have 3 standard prices for small, medium and large, I think that's the basis for the size of fries and drink you get. And for some of the meals you add a few cents to it, like for nuggets you add $0.50AU. They also have this other burger up there called the McOz I think it was, it looks like it has the standard burger, lettuce, tomato, mustard and mayo but from looking at the photo it looks like they also put a slice of beet in there as well.I think generally speaking the cost of living is higher here, a regular loaf of bread is around $2.00AU, and for those of you who are reading this and have no idea how much bread is back home (tsk tsk!), it's around $1.19CA for the cheap stuff (Value brand not Wonderbread). There are a lot of palm trees around here too (see photo above). I find it kind of funny how most people seem to be walking around with full on scarves, long coats, and hats, some even with boots on for who knows what reason since it never snows here.
6 Comments:
Hey Vally! It's Burger King, at least every place I've ever lived/been. Our Value Meals are the same too! We have the different sizes for the drinks & fries too! *high five to Australia!*
Wow. Winter gear. Well, I suppose it's their winter, but still...I'm assuming it's still freakin hot!
Oh I meant to ask, does the toilet water really flush the other way?
Sharann: Really? I had no idea about the value meals, why is Canada different then? Weird.
Kerri #1: Yes! Water does go down the other way here, very strange indeed.
Well it's Winter . . . wait 'til Summer . . . this mightn't seem very Winter-y, but when it's Summer, you'll understand why people are wearing coats in comparison.
Hi Val! We call it Burger King in the USA too!
BTW, I always laughed at what they called certain foods in Canada... like Delissio pizza in Canada is Digiorno pizza in USA. It's funny when I see the commercials on tv.
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