Friday, June 22, 2012

Postcard from Armenia: Shopping Like a Local, and “Shnorhakalutyun, France!=?UTF-8?B?4oCd?=

A man wearing khaki shorts and sunglasses was blocking my way. In the cramped space between the meat deli and the shelves of neatly stacked lavash, or soft paper-thin layers of fresh bread, my half-full shopping cart and I came to an abrupt halt. A woman next to the khaki-clad man was arguing with a harried-looking shop assistant.

"We would like Diet Pepsi," she told the sales clerk in English.

The assistant hesitated before picking out two bottles of an amber-colored liquid. He held them, arms outstretched, in an almost supplicant gesture.

"No. No. No. Diet Pepsi," the woman insisted.

I edged my cart around the couple. Tourists, I thought, shaking my head.

Armenian News

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