SHOPPING

When we go shopping , we can go either to a big department store or to the shop which specializes
in some extra goods, e.g.:

The greengrocer specializes in fruit and vegetables, butcher in meat, baker in bread and cakes,
ironmonger in metal goods( tools, nails, pans, pots), florist in flowers, draper in clothes, fishmonger
in fish, etc…

My favourite shop is a self-service shop Lidl, because is near my home. When I go in I put a basket
or a trolley. Opposite to me there is a corner with bread and cakes. On the right side there are lots of
shelves with salames, milk products, biscuits and many types of food. At the exit there is a cash desk
where I pay for goods.

The hypermarket is very large and sells all kinds of food and house and kitchen needs. A typical
feature of big cities is a Department store. They are huge buildings equipped with speedy lifts and
escalators. You can buy everything from foods to furniture here. They usually operated serve your
self system. At the exit there are cash desks where you pay for all goods which you choose. You can
pay either cash or with your credit cards.

As for Czech shopping habits, an average Czech family goes shopping every day for necessary food,
once a week they do one big purchase for the weekend and from time to time they have to buy
shoes, clothes, household utensil, equipment and furniture. Foreign visitors can buy souvenirs on
the Charles Bridge in Prague, records and compact discs with classical music by Smetana,
Dvořá k,Janáček or picture books of our country, etc…