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Au Logis des Remparts, Saint-Émilion
Our first night of the 2017 Alps-to-Atlantic trip was spent in Saint-Emilion. This small medieval village is known for its status as a UNESCO World Heritage site and extremely well known for its red wine. Our hotel “Au Logis des Remparts” is located at the edge of the village center and was built using a…
Le Pré, Clermont-Ferrand
Today is the day of the French presidential election. The future of Europe depends much on this result. Apt that we blog about France here aujourd’hui. We spent a week on the west coast of France over Easter. On our drive towards the Atlantic from the Alps, Clermont Ferrand is roughly the midpoint after Lyon.…
Librerie Coop + Eataly, Bologna
In our bookstore tour of the world, we increasingly see the merger of bookselling with another retail concept – for example, the T-site in Daikanyama 代官山 in Tokyo and the Eslite Spectrum in Hong Kong – see our posts here and here. In Bologna, I (Chris) visited the Librerie Coop + Eataly Bologna – a…
Libreria A. Nanni, Bologna, Italy
I was visiting Bologna last December. Bologna is famous not only for its pasta sauce and several other foods but also for its porticos. In total, there are over 45 km (28 miles) of arcades, some 38 in the city center. Bologna is officially the “City of Porticoes” following its nomination as a UNESCO World Heritage…
