While cleaning up the purchases and souvenirs from the trip, I decided to see just how bad I was in regards to reading material. You see, bookstores seemed to be a dime a dozen in the places we visited. I already have a nose for sniffing out any shops selling anything that even resembles a book or magazine in the general vicinity anyway, however, it's even worse when book stores pop up on every street corner. And of course, since these weren't your average Barnes & Noble, I just had to visit each and every one. I must admit a bit of a thrill each time I was able to acquire something I knew I wouldn't be able to get here. Some people experience this same thrill with shoes or the perfect outfit, for me, it's books.
Though I wouldn't recommend purchasing 15 (yes, you read that correctly: 15! - the one I'm currently reading isn't in the stack above) books the next time you're on vacation. Truth is, they're super fun to purchase and read, but when you schlepping them through the airport, they get very old, very fast!
Thank goodness Blackwell's in Edinburgh "gets" me or those books would still reside in the UK - I hadn't a clue how they were going to get home!
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