Before I got to walk the aisles with groceries

[Uncanny]

What is its meaning?
'Before I got to walk the aisles with groceries' =
1. Before I got to walk the aisles, with groceries in my hands
2. Before I got to walk the groceries aisles

This sentence is from a blog by a University College Dublin's teacher of English:
'Before I got to walk the aisles with groceries, my most scenic route ever had taken me to what was called public baths in English with the most confusing Russian equivalent that Google Maps had next to the original name of the place of ирландские общественные бани.'

I also have a problem with 'route ever had taken me'. Can 'that' be omitted here? Should 'ever' be placed before 'had' here?
Is the entire sentence built correctly? It sound unfinished as 'route' lacks a verb.

 

[kttlt]

It was the most scenic route (he had ever taken) and it took him to [the rest of the sentence]. I'm pretty sure with groceries there refers to the aisles and not him carrying the groceries.

I believe the sentence is perfectly fine although I am a bit confused if the last "of" means the Russian equivalent being ирландские общественные бани (public Irish baths/saunas) or something else.

 

[Tarheel]

It's rather odd. Is he saying grocery store aisles somehow qualify as scenic routes?

 

[PeterCW]

Without reading the rest of the blog I would guess that he means that the contents of a supermarket are more interesting than the part of Dublin that he normally walks through.

 

[Uncanny]

Without reading the rest of the blog I would guess that he means that the contents of a supermarket are more interesting than the part of Dublin that he normally walks through.

Is the entire sentence built correctly? It sound unfinished as 'route' lacks a verb.

 

[Tarheel]

I wouldn't waste any more time on it if I were you.

 

[5jj]

Is the entire sentence built correctly? It sound unfinished as 'route' lacks a verb.

'Before I got to walk the aisles with groceries, my most scenic route ever had taken me to what was called public bath...

My most scenic route ever is the subject of the verb had taken.

 

[Uncanny]

'Before I got to walk the aisles with groceries, my most scenic route ever had taken me to what was called public bath...

My most scenic route ever is the subject of the verb had taken.

You mean, 'my most scenic route ever' is a single group?

 

[Tarheel]

You mean, 'my most scenic route ever' is a single group?

It's a noun phrase.

 

[TwelveMileCircle]

Compare: This is the best party ever!

That is, no party has ever been better than this one.

<Before I got to walk the aisles with groceries, my most scenic route ever had taken me to what was called public baths in English with the most confusing Russian equivalent that Google Maps had next to the original name of the place of ирландские общественные бани.'>

Before I had the opportunity to walk the aisles with groceries , [my most scenic route ever] had taken me to what was called 'public baths' in English...

The most scenic route the author had ever taken before walking the grocery aisles (perhaps the author is from a country where grocery shelves are often empty?) was the route to the public baths.