Friday, 9 August 2013

Yesterday I found an actual bookshop with books in! I can't even begin to explain how exciting this is. It actually had multiple (gasp!) shelves of books. Hiding in the back of a restaurant... It's funny the things that give you culture shock that are so totally unexpected. It didn't have any english books, but just the proof that people in Brazil do read was such a relief.
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  1. maureen10 August 2013 at 07:03

    I'm so pleased for you!

    We had something like that experience in New York. Obviously we were really doing 'touristy' things, but at some point dad realised he'd not seen a 'proper' bookshop on our trip. Then on the last morning we found one by accident. It was a big one like a Bennetts, with a cafe in it. And it was for me like entering a church - we (ok, I!) gently touched the sacred artifacts, and moved around the different sections marveling. (Oh, and dad bought a history book, of course!) Such a relief!

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  2. maureen10 August 2013 at 07:17

    ps, TED tells me that today is book-lovers' day. (I put the apostrophe where I did because we are common around here.)

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