Canada part 3

Starbucks, Starbucks and one more Starbucks. Well actually no. You do find quite a lot of Starbucks here and they have their own clientele. Canadians prefer Tim Hortons though. I do agree with them. The prices are much lower and the taste of the tea or hot chocolate is in my opinion better. Also you can get doughnuts from there. Now don't get me wrong, it is not just a coffee place or doughnut place. You can get snacks and food from there as well. One stop place indeed! So if you ever are in Canada, visit Hortons! It is a must see place. 

The bags at the grocery store are not free. They are not really expensive either, just cost 5 sent a pop. So they are cheap to use as garbage bags as well! Just do not put too much items in one bag as they will break. They are tougher than in US, in my opinion where you have to have almost as many bags as you have items. Sometimes they'll double bag things for you (in US). Walmart bags are the same all over, so I am talking about Canadian grocery stores. The bags are not free, so that people would use the one bag more often or would use alternative methods like cardboard boxes or reusable bags. I prefer using my back bag, as then I don't have to carry as much stuff. People use quite a lot of those big things that you can pull behind you (what mostly older people in Finland use). 

People drink coffee and tea hear as people do in any country. The coffee is lighter than what finnish people are used to and usually mixed with a variety of different things. Tea is pretty much similar. The difference is that you have to know places to find the tea loose. They mainly sell it in bags, which annoys me very much. I do have loose as I was directed to Bulk Barn where you can find all you need from tea to flours. It is not a grocery store, so no fresh items. 

Baking can be an expensive hobby here. All the items that you need for baking are expensive to buy, and the tins and pans are super expensive. I was so surprised to notice that in Finland these items are much, much cheaper. I mean you can find expensive ones in Finland as well, but it is much harder to find cheaper ones here. The best place for these items is Dollarama, where you can find what you are looking for much cheaper. Still they might be more expensive then what you are accustomed to. There are not that many people here who bake. People mainly by the cheap ready made stuff.