Diet Soda

In the Czech Republic you can get Coke-light (diet coke) but no other diet soda. Apparently everyone here drinks diet coke, full sugar soda, juice, water and beer. I am always on the lookout for diet Sprite since that is really the only soda that I drink. The stores all have regular Sprite but no diet. It isn't that I'm on a diet but I just prefer the taste of diet sprite to regular sprite and I prefer not to have all the calories wasted on a drink. In any event one of my friends made a trip to the commissary in Germany recently and came back with all these wonderful American items - crystal light, ice pops and Diet 7-up (among other items). She was gracious enough to share her diet 7-up with me and I was in heaven. It was so good!! It is amazing how good something can be when you haven't had it for so long. On our trip to Spain I had some oreos which where also very tastey. I hadn't even really thought of having oreos until I saw them in the store in Spain. There are some things that you can get here but they cost an arm and a leg. One of those items is Haagen Daaz. I have put off buying it until today. It must have been the 7-up that put me in the longing for an American item but I broke down at the store and paid the $7USD for a pint of Haagen Daaz!! I have already tried a scoop and it is good but it in no way reaches the euphoria of the diet 7-up!