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hey LisaAnn. please try keeping your shopping questions here and the camps question on the camps thread you already posted on way back. it will avoid a messy and confusing thread. mariposita wrote... quote: Perfumerías have trash bags, laundry soap and that kind of stuff.
Electricidad stores have light bulbs, you can also get them at the "Todo a cien" discount type stores.
... which is true but i find that you will save time and money of you just get these things at the supermarket. for example, both día and mercadona (the ones we shop at most) have trash bags and light bulbs and you will generally pay less than at an electrical store. yep, Ola is right carrefour would be the closest thing to walmart here (as mariposita noted, el corte inglés is not really walmartish since it is NOT cheap). however, you will need a car (or spend 1.5 hours on metro or bus) to get to most carrefour stores as the really big ones are outside of the city. saludos, jer...
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| Posts: 12213 | Location: ny, u.s.a. --> madrid, spain --> the plaza mayor ! | Registered: 30 June 1998 | |
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Hi LisaAnn and Canadian_in_Madrid, Welcome to Madrid! As far as a cheap stroller, you can try posting a message on Craig's list/Madrid (www.craigslist.org) or Loquo which is like a Spanish version of Craigs List (www.loquo.com). I will also ask the families in our playgroup if they have one they want to sell or lend. Send me a private message with your contact details. You can also try Cash Converters (www.cashconverters.es) which sells second hand things. Apart from Carrefour, which is usually located outside the city center, you can also try Alcampo. There is one in La Vaguada (http://www.enlavaguada.com/)shopping center in the Barrio de Pilar. It is also a Walmart type hyper market with everything under one roof...
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hey LisaAnn ena (my wife) and i are also in the market for a new stroller as the one we have is too bulky to travel with now that our son is nearly a year old and no longer needs the basinet part. we usually go to the corte inglés to try out all the baby stuff since they normally have the best selection of brands and you can touch and test-drive there. then we go to carrefour and buy the one we like  sometimes however, el corte inglés has sales and such. i was there today and i saw this stroller... http://www.elcorteingles.es/multitienda/producto/produc...138&tipoTienda=BEBESit looked pretty decent quality and it was 45 euros (on sale until june 29th). they had a few diff. colors at the corte inglés in sol. saludos, jer... p.d. if you go for it, don't buy the "bolso neceser" that you will see attached to the stroller. our current stroller came with one of those bags and while the stroller is great, the bad is crap.
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| Posts: 12213 | Location: ny, u.s.a. --> madrid, spain --> the plaza mayor ! | Registered: 30 June 1998 | |
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quote: crappy Dia
hmmmm... suppose it depends on the día. most are very small and unorganized but ours (calle toledo just south of plaza mayor) is a "maxi día" and is excellent (very big, well organized and has most everything). it used to be a "champion" before día bought it. LisaAnn, i normally would love a bag on a stroller but that particular one they sell has buttons that do not hold with any kind of weight in the bag, they unsnap and the bag just keeps falling. so, we scrapped the one we have on our stroller and we use a large backpack which holds more, straps onto the stroller well and is the perfect solution. saludos, jer...
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| Posts: 12213 | Location: ny, u.s.a. --> madrid, spain --> the plaza mayor ! | Registered: 30 June 1998 | |
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