Hmmm, yummy chocolate

Friday was a good day. I finally found a couple of stores that are supposed to carry Croatian products, so I decided to go and check them out. Luckily, the two stores that I was to visit were only three train stops apart, so I would not have to spend much time traveling between them. The only problem was that it took me 1.5 hrs to get to the first store. :-(

The first store (Ivan's Butchery) was amazing. It felt like I was inside Konzum (a Croatian grocery chain). These guys had lots of Croatian products (Kras, Dorina, Podravka, etc.) along with tons of various smoked meat products hanging throughout the store. The smell was good. Too good!

So I did what every Croatian in a new country would do. I loaded up on Dorina chocolate (cooking chocolate, rice chocolate, hazelnut chocolate - now you understand the real reason for my trip), Podravka ajvar, Podravka chicken soup, Fanta hamburger mix, and lots of other goodies.

I made sure to buy everything I wanted in the first store, as I did not know how good the second store (Pronto Small Goods and Butchery) would be. It is a good thing that I loaded up at the first store, as the second store was tiny. Not worth the trip, but I am glad I went just to know.

We are now well stocked with our Croatian goodies for a month or two . Chocolate, anyone?