Laowai

Guess which gift I was more excited about.

A: A lovely gift of chocolates from my husband in celebration of our anniversary. They’re from Spruengli – the very traditional and very yummy chocolate shop in Zurich. Did I mention that they are extremely yummy. 

B: A bag of brown sugar from one of Brian’s good co-worker friends. He brought it back from the US in his suitcase. Essential for most cookie recipes. Cheap and easy to find in the US, but harder to come by here in Switzerland. And of course not cheap. 

As you might have guessed I am more ga ga about the brown sugar (sorry honey). It’s the little things that I miss so far. I can’t go much longer without some comforting homemade cookies. In fact I was just about to order some brown sugar from one of the online American food stores for expats. I would have paid about $3.00 plus lots in shipping costs. Tonight I will be going through my recipes and Bea and I will be baking tomorrow. We can’t wait for the scent of cookies to fill the house and for a taste of fresh from the oven warm soft cookies. Now I just need to get my hands on some molasses. I’ll order some soon.

As you can see I’m really suffering in this third world country. 

Maybe it’s this sugar loving baby in my tummy that’s making me crave cookies and…

American candy bars. I paid about $2.50 for this little candy bar – um, I mean the candy bar that was formerly and briefly in that package – today. Another weak moment.