erent shops. Sometimes they\rwere not within walking distance. You had to take a bus to go\rfrom one place to another. It was not unusual that shopping would\rtake you a whole day and at the time you returned home, you'd he\rcompletely exhausted.\rIn contrast, shopping nowadays has become something enjoyable.\rA lot of supermarkets, in which prices are usually lower and a\rwider variety of items are oÂered-mainly food, household items,\rclothing, bedding and furniture or even anything that is out of\ryour imagination. So you cast hay everything you need in a single\rsupermarket. Most of the supermarkets operate on the "serve\ryourself method: You go in. pick up a basket, walk round it and\rchoose what you want. At the exit there is a checkout lane where\ryou pay for everything at one time.