Category: books

  • Browsing in Librairie de L’Hôtel de Sully, Paris

    Browsing in Librairie de L’Hôtel de Sully, Paris

    During our stay in Paris, we stumbled upon another hidden gem for book lovers in Le Marais—an excellent complement to the Bibliothèque Forney, which we featured in a previous post [here]. Enjoy this while browsing… Nestled within the historic Hôtel de Sully, this discovery is not a public library but rather a one-of-a-kind bookstore in…

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  • Bookends: South to Arles – Le Buste et l’Oreille x Louis Vuitton

    Bookends: South to Arles – Le Buste et l’Oreille x Louis Vuitton

    We like books and love to discover interesting bookstore on our trips. In this two-part series, we visit two very different bookstores—contrasting in location, longevity, and content—but both sit squarely in the flow of tourist traffic. In our previous post, we focus on Skaguay News Depot & Books, an independent shop in Skagway, a cruise…

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  • Bookends: North to Alaska – Skaguay News Depot & Books

    Bookends: North to Alaska – Skaguay News Depot & Books

    We have a soft spot for books and make a point of visiting bookstores wherever we travel. In this two-part series, we visit two very different bookstores—contrasting in location, stock, and longevity—but both sit squarely in the flow of tourist traffic. Here, we focus on Skaguay News Depot & Books, an independent shop in Skagway,…

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  • Borrowing books from Bibliothèque Forney, Paris

    Borrowing books from Bibliothèque Forney, Paris

    This is the last of a series of 4 posts on public libraries, three of which are situated in Europe and one in Australia. Click to read the earlier posts, here, here and here. Enjoy a secular song from the late Medieval period, while browsing. While staying in Paris for an extended period, we stumbled…

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