So, with that - I went on a mission to find a new one in Paris. Just down the street from me on the corner of Rue de Rivoli and Rue des Archives is a major department store called BHV. Fascinating place - it seems to be a Saks meets Best Buy meets Home Depot meets Sears kind of store. Narrow description, I know - but not sure how else to help you picture it. I'm still at a loss around the logic of the Hardware/Perfume floor (I kid you not) but I suppose it's one way to keep couples shopping together. On the Kitchen remodeling and random small appliances floor - I found what I was after. Mission 1 accomplished - on to round 2.
Next step was picking up some guidebooks for the rest of my trip. I guess it failed to dawn on me that once I was here, finding english language travel books might be a challenge. There are a number of english language bookstores, but they seem to focus on specific genres, primarily fiction, rather than a full selection like a US bookstore. WH Smith came to the rescue, though - they have a full English language store near the Louvre, though the prices... ooo la la. Still, I got what I needed for Krakow, Prague, Germany, Amsterdam and Brussels - so Mission 2 accomplished.
Was there a mission 3? Can't remember - but I spent the rest of the beautiful sunny day wandering along the Seine and through the Tuileries.
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