Even Mennonites get a Big Mac attack

In the spirit of this blog being a repository of odd things that we come across here in Santa Cruz de La Sierra, here's a new one:
Yesterday was the second time in four or so months that I felt the need for a fast food fix, so I popped into the city's only Burger King.The first thing I saw was a table of four Mennonite men -- sunburnt skin, blond hair peeking from under straw hats, pressed blue overalls -- digging into four Whoppers.
The site of Mennonites walking around Santa Cruz was a bit jarring when we got here, but we quickly got used to that. There is a devout community from Germany and Canada that settled outside the city and farms soy and sunflowers and they often come in to buy food and supplies in local markets. Women are usually covered in bonnets and long dresses. Men almost infallably wear the overalls and straw hats.
But something about catching Orthodox adherents of a sect that encourages its members' separation from mainstream society in the very symbol of mainstream society made me laugh.