Around the town of Staffanstorp

We have been here for a week now and we are still surviving. We spent several days just walking around trying to figure out little things, from where to get milk and eggs to where to find medicine and toothpaste. Staffanstorp is a small town, the last census was in 2010 and they estimate the town's population to be 18,000 residents. More than 35% of the town's residents commute to Lund or Mälmo for work. Defiantly the smallest town (village) that either of us have ever lived in. I mean come on our football stadium back home holds almost 90,000 more people than that, seriously where are we... Alabama? GO VOLS!!!

Anyway, there is one grocery store in town ICA. It is pronounced "E" "KA". It is a smaller store and we have found that the prices tend to be higher because of this. So it is there when we need it but we will try and do as much shopping as we can in Lund since there are more store options, and bigger stores, which means cheaper prices. Here is a picture of the front of our ICA. Can you tell it was Easter?

 We also discovered a few of the bare essentials in town. Every town needs Thai food and a pizza joint. So far I have see one Thai place in Staffanstorp and two pizza places. We haven't tried any of them yet but I am hopeful that one of them is a winner.

Another cool thing we discovered is that there is a fresh produce market in the town center everyday but Sunday. They offer pretty much all the same produce that is available in the ICA and it looks really good too. We have not done any price comparing yet but hopefully they are competitive and we'll be able to support some local farmers. Seafood is also a huge thing here too. One day during the week a truck pulls into the town center in Staffanstorp and opens its door and sells fresh seafood. The truck also stops in Lund one or two days during the week. We both are big fans of seafood so we will be checking this out and letting you know how it goes.

We both have bikes now and to ride them into the town center takes maybe 5 minutes. So the other day I hopped on my bike and rode into town for some kaffe (Swedish for coffee). We have a small bakery in town so I figured it would be a safe bet that they would have some kaffe and they did. Mmmmm.

And last but certainly not least, we have a liquor store. All alcohol is heavily controlled by the state here which means there is only one place you can by it, Systembolaget. The SB sells everything from wines to liquors to beer, if it has alcohol in it they sell it. You can of course by some beer at the ICA but don't even think about telling a Swede that you would because they claim that it is not really beer since it only has 3.5% alcohol. The locals like the higher alcohol content and anything else is considered water. So much for me getting my Bud Light fix while I'm here. 

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