Soda in Chile is a strange thing.

We have the world-saturating Coca-Cola, of course, Sprite, Fanta, Coke Light (almost Diet Coke), and now Coke Zero, which I tasted by accident last week and decided tastes like Half-Diet Coke.

Then we have Pepsi, which is sort of the lower-class Coke of Chile, and comes in cheaper, smaller sizes. 7Up, Crush, and Canada Dry Ginger Ale all follow along those lines.

And we have Chilean sodas: Pap (papaya-gag!), Kem Piña (pineapple), Bilz (strawberry), and Limón Soda (made by Canada Dry, and very good!).

Once in a long while we see a Mountain Dew that costs a ton at the upper-class supermarket.

But today we saw for the first time in Chile Mark's favorite drink from the States: Dr Pepper! Granted, it cost almost a dollar a can, so I picked up four and went to find Mark in the store. Of course, our first reaction was: How many do we buy? Who else wants this? So we call around and get everyone's orders. (What are friends for, right?) We leave with 28 cans! Yes, we spent $28.00 on Dr Pepper today. And we're pretty happy about it, too!