A trip to the grocery

The installation of the show is complete. The magnetic wall is attracting a lot of attention. The area on Raday utca is populated with galleries and restaurants and there was a constant flow of local business owners checking out the “magic” wall. It will be interesting to see the gallery filled with people.

Rachel Mason is our first overnight guest. She arrived from London Monday morning and will stay for several nights.

Blago's conviction was on the BBC News last night.

Stefan and I made a trip to the grocery, not the market, big difference. We had hoped to use wine glasses for the reception but it now seems there will be more people attending than the 50 to 60 we had planned for so we have decided to use plastic cups, tacky I know but necessary. The snacks will be different pâtés on slices of baguette. We bought extra wine and Stefan will offer several dinner options when the food runs out.

I took some interesting photos at the big market and found a neat Citroën on the street.

You do see a lot of American brands, or at least what we consider American brands. The Nestles cereal, the Uncle Ben's sauces and there was also Uncle Ben's rices. I'm always amazed at the bread in all the stores and markets just sitting around unwrapped. There are always a lot of people working in the grocery stores stocking shelves. I took a box of something to show Stefan and when I returned 45 seconds later the slot on the shelf had already been refilled.

By far the funniest label in the entire store is the "Dr. Steinbergers Kindergluck." I'll let your imagination tell you what the kid is thinking.

Romanian observation...the toilet paper in Romania does not have little perforations that designate the squares. This probably makes sense as TP is not exactly difficult to tear and the elimination of the perforation keeps costs down. There is a pun there somewhere.

Full show report tomorrow.