Sorry for the delay in posting! I’ve been getting settled into my new apartment, which meant several trips to different stores in search of household items–and lots of taxi rides.
There is a store here that is similar to Walmart; it’s called Coral, and there are a few of them around Cuenca. They are huge, and the one near me has two floors!
I bought a “sofa cama,” or sleeper sofa there too, and they deliver on the spot. I paid at the register, and then the sofa was loaded into a small truck. I then rode with the delivery dude to my apartment, where this fat old gringa managed to hoist it up a flight of stairs and into my apartment. I thought I was going to have a heart attack. It needs pillows, but it looks nice.
Then there is SuperMaxi. It’s like your neighborhood Krogers or Smiths. And ya know how in the US we have an entire row at the supermarket dedicated to potato chips? Well in Cuenca, they have one entirely dedicated to corn.
And will you look at the size of the bananas here? Holy moly!
And look at how expensive Cuisinart appliances are here! Yes, that is in US dollars. I really wish I had shipped all mine! Though that expense likely would have been as great as just purchasing them here.
ECUADORIOUS 