It was about a year ago that I took my little trip to Paris, France while I was studying in England. The first night that my friends and I were there, we discovered
The Shakespeare & Company bookshop on 37 Rue De La Bûcherie, which is on the Left Bank across the Seine from Notre Dame.
This shop is primarily sells English literature. The inside of the shop is the epitome of an old bookshop. The undulating walls are covered with floor to ceiling bookshelves. The entire space is rich in colors, and as your eyes take in the sites you're thinking (either simply in your head or in your heart) of the treasures that could be sitting on a shelf waiting for you to pick it up and open it.
The shop has multiple rooms of irregular dimensions, and there is also a little lending library in the back. Another interesting fact about this bookshop is its Tumbleweed Hotel on the second level. This where travelers, called “tumbleweeds”, can stay while earning their keep by helping in the shop.
This is an absolutely amazing place. I certainly wish I had more time to explore the shop in its entirety; however, I now know where it is so when I go back to Paris someday. If you're not planning on going to France anytime soon, there is a
virtual tour of shop! However, when you are ever in Paris, France please visit this bookshop!
After years of following the our favorite wizards and witches, after all the suspense, discussion, critiques, wonderings and whatever else that has drawn us to the epic story, the final book of J.K. Rowling’s remarkable Harry Potter Series is finally on the shelves around the world!
