Thirty six

London is the uncrowned king of small and smelly corner shops. You can find these miniature supermarkets everywhere - in every corner and on almost every street.

My closest corner shop is about five steps away from my front door and I have had a look about in there and made a list of some of the things you can buy in this specific corner shop. Without any further due, please see bullet points below:

• Cans of coconut water - ready to drink.
• Sardines coming from a country no one has ever heard of.
• One million different kinds of fizzy drinks and juices.
• Tobacco-rolling papers with liquorice flavor.
• Laundry detergent and softeners and scary shampoo.
• Canned sausages from the World War II.
• Alcohol in all shapes and sizes.
• Birthday cards.
• Mobile phones. 
• Cat food.
• Baby oil.
• An impressive selection of pickled cucumbers and onions.
• Disney-plasters.
• Purple toilet paper from China.
• A "fresh" variety of sea creatures I had no idea one could consume. 
• Large, brown bags of onions.
• Whipped cream.
• A whole lot of beans - canned in every way possible.  
• Large, white granny-knickers. 

Basically, my local corner shop has got everything one could possible need. No need to arse about in humongous supermarkets when you can purchase some high quality baby oil, whipped cream and random sea creatures - all at the same place!