Dr Pepper
One of the Soda's that I love is Dr Pepper, but this is a very difficult soda to find here in Greece. There are a few sodas like that such as Mountain Dew, Dr Pepper, Brisk Ice Tea, and Root Beer that are impossible to get unless they are imported.... And normally I do not even have a craving for these soda's until last week.....
Last week a couple of Navy ships docked here in Thessaloniki spilling American sailors all over the place. One of our American friends connected with the Navy chaplain and they offered a tour of the boat to any Americans in the city. So we took the boys on the boat and it was a lot of fun. They took pictures with machine guns, got to steer the captains wheel, and toured the in's and out's of the ship. Here comes the good part..... The dining area had soda machines with all sorts of good stuff - Dr Pepper, Mt Dew, Root Beer, and Brisk Ice Tea. We were pumped because at the end of the tour the chaplain was going to buy us all a soda. I was like a kid in a candy store, until the machine was sold out..... Uhhhgggg. And the worst part was that it got in my heart.
So today we went to the import store and they actually had Dr Pepper which is a miracle. Here in Greece a soda at a restaurant like Applebee's will cost you $6.00, and a 6 pack of Coke at the store is about $5.00. So the prices are already expensive to begin with, and so when we picked up a 6 pack of Dr Pepper we knew we would pay a pretty penny. Well, 9.00 Euro's latter (or $13.00) we had our 6 pack of Dr Pepper. We will enjoy those babys on a much needed craving day!!!