Happyplace in Vienna: The Shakespeare & Company Bookseller

And yes, I found it! Although I was looking for a library while Ruben visits friends and family in Hungary and Laci is having a boys’ weekend in the mountains with his friends, most libraries in Vienna are closed on weekends. That was quite a sad surprise for me, but always, even in this bad, there was good: I found my happiness nook in the city, the Shakespeare & Company bookstore! A local bookseller gentleman recommended them when he couldn’t suggest English books in his garden district shop, and unfortunately, I don’t know German well enough yet for the books here to give me the reading pleasure. So, following the gentleman’s handwritten instructions on a piece of paper, I found a magical place in the city center that I think was created just for me. When I stepped into the cobbled alley, I felt in my bones that I was in the right place… and here it is! A kind-hearted bookseller brought me to my little world of wonder, from which, after a long selection, countless book spine caresses, and befriending the bookseller, I only reluctantly stepped out, and now I am already looking forward to stepping through that old door again.