Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Shopping in Providencia, Santiago

Shopping here in Santiago is fun, and after a bit of orientation, you can find just about anything you need. The photos below show where I shop; Lider is a small grocery store with a good variety of food (unfortunately its owned by Walmart although there is no resemblance ). Toiletries and meds come from the Farmacia. There is generally one on every corner! Ibuprofen and Tylenol have to be requested from the pharmacist but are over-the-counter and are expensive. Fruit and vegetables come from a nearby hole-in-the wall store or from the Mercado Providencia, a sort of farmers market 1/4 mile away. When none of these stores work there is a huge mega mall with all you can imagine. Jumbo is the supermarket and is bigger than Costco, more expensive and very organized. It's four stops away on the Metro. I haven't even thought about shopping for clothes!







1 comment:

  1. It's to bad I can't help you Meleah with the "clothing shopping", Lol. I bet everyday is just as interesting and exciting as the next. Betty

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