Shakespeare and Co. Bookstore - Paris, France

I have not spent an absurd amount of time looking into the details of mine and LP's honeymoon's plans, but the bug is starting to hit me. I've already posted one link to a location in Spain that the two of us would like to visit, and here is another place that I plan on hitting up while in Paris. With the quality of the photos on Google Maps, it almost makes it seem like a moot point to visit Europe (JK).

The Shakespeare and Company Bookstore, according to Bill Bryson, is "a wonderfully gloomy English-language bookstore full of cobwebs and musty smells and old forgotten novels by writers like Warwick Deeping" (43). I cannot find a better description of a bookstore than this. I am looking extremely forward to the chance to spend time in a musty old bookstore in Europe.

It does seem odd to be visiting a French bookstore using the name Shakespeare, however, but I'll let that slide, given one word in the description of the place: English. Unlike Mr. Bryson, who seemed to revert to a childlike sense of wonder about the prospect of being incapable of understanding a single word of the natives of whatever country he was visiting, I am absolutely terrified at this idea.

That's why the Shakespeare and Co. Bookstore seems to be right up my alley. I can't wait to visit it. Look for more postings like this one in the future.

Source: Google Maps

London Bar - Barcelona Spain

When my fiancee and I get married in June of this year, we are basically leaving our reception in order to be whisked away to Barcelona, Spain. I'm beginning to get really excited about travelling to Europe, and so I'm going to periodically torment you with pictures and links of places we will be visiting while there. This is the first entry in the series, I suppose.

"London Bar" is a swank old place where people like Ernest Hemingway and Pablo Picasso used to hang out, which instantly makes me want to go there. The good thing is that it's only a short walk from where we will be staying in Barcelona's famous Gothic District.

From The Barcelona Tourist Guide:

London Bar is basically a pub, but a pub that has been open since 1910 and used to be frequented by the likes of Dali, Picasso and Hemingway. The décor has been kept the same which lends an old school glamour to the place.

Source: Google Maps