An unexpected found

[wiseheart]

Mum and I went to the Allee Mall today. These malls sell Gutscheine - sorry, I don't know the English word - and I had some as a good-bye gift from my classes, which I had to use till the end of December, so we went to do our Christmas shopping well in advance. It was fun. Not only did we manage to buy all the prezzies in a single morning, I also got the Hungarian version of the DIY book with the paper angels I missed in Vienna.

In the middle of the shopping frenzy we had very good Cappuchino in the bookshop, and afterwards lunch in one of the self-serving restaurants, so that we didn't have to cook today. It was a delightful day.

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[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Bookshops with coffee shops attached are my ultimate heaven.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

You should see the Thalia bookshop in Vienna! CDs, DVDs, audiobooks and an unbelievable amount of DIY stuff in the basement. Books and gift articles on the ground floor. Coffee and chocolate shops and baking articles upstairs. Equipped with escalators and an indoor lift - I could spend a week in there without leaving.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

There used to be a lovely Borders in Inverness -- lots of books & DVDs, a comfortable coffee shop on a little gallery with lots of sofas they didn't mind one sitting and reading on -- we often drove the 150 miles from where we were staying on the opposite coast of Scotland to visit it on rainy days. Sadly, it died some years ago.