In preparation for our missionary cookout tomorrow, July 4th, our assignment was to purchase all hot dog and hamburger buns along with the hamburger and hot dog meats! That is not an easy task in a country that doesn't celebrate and understand what July 4th is! They try to come close, as you can see from the purchase that we made yesterday! The hamburger buns come packed with 6 to a package and cost 1 euro 19 per pack (I am not sure.....maybe $2 for 6 buns). The hot dog buns come packages 8 per pack at the cost of 1 euro 99 per pack (probably $3.50 - $4.00 per package). In our food shopping we have decided we can't be trying to figure out the cost of each item. We would drive ourselves crazy if we did. We just know that food cost double what it does at home. We figured milk cost nearly $6 a gallon based on the current euro price here!! (we have found it for .65 euro a liter at a little market close to us....cheapest price around.....this makes it about $4 a gallon).

Oh, and the reason for the cookout is because we have one of our missionary couples leaving early Monday morning to go back home......with their mission completed! This is a celebration in their honor.

We even bought a small grill last week because we wanted to cook the hamburgers and hot dogs on a grill outside. The grill cost 20 euros. It is small but hopefully it will be mighty!!

We will take pictures of the cookout activity tomorrow! What is everyone else doing for the 4th??