In el supermercado

The produce section at the Metro Mart in downtown Milwaukee

We needed to pick up a few things so we stopped in a grocery store in Milwaukee. When you walk in the door of this particular store, you walk right into the produce department. I just stopped and laughed. And took pictures like a silly turista.

One look around was a reminder why most of us gringos bemoan the lack of fresh vegetables on the island. The produce department was HUGE! The wall of ORGANIC vegetables alone was bigger than the entire produce department at the Coop. As we walked through the rest of the store, the variety was nearly overwhelming.

Oddly, we had much the same feeling in the JetBlue terminal at JFK on the flight back to the States. The number of little restaurant choices in the airport food court was mind-boggling, at least for a few minutes. Once we got to Chicago and Milwaukee it was wonderful to have that many options.

For the most part, except for the produce and the restaurants - oh, yeah, and the beer choices - I don't miss so many choices.