I have been rereading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, and I think I’m enjoying it even more a second time. I have to admit, there are aspects of the plot I am still not fully grasping, particularly the episode of the Holy Maid towards the end of the book. Instead, I have been paying more [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Europe’
and finally, Hapsburg library grandeur
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged about me, Europe, libraries, travel on April 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last in this series of European National Libraries is the Austrian National Library in Vienna. Like most things in Vienna, it’s massive, monumental, and maybe even slightly over the top: Once again, we didn’t actually go in – we preferred to spend our time eating Wiener schnitzel and ice cream cones, and gazing at huge [...]
I hope you have a library card, ’cause I’m sure Czeching you out!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Europe, libraries, rare books, travel on April 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
(I thought my Dad, like Dads everywhere, would appreciate that joke . . . ) Here’s me in front of the National Library of the Czech Republic: It’s inside this beautiful building, the Klementinum. (Yes, the building really is that yellow, and the sky is that blue- I think Prague is the most beautifully coloured [...]
Nostalgia for National Libraries in Summer
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Europe, libraries, travel on April 7, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The hot weather last weekend made me nostalgic for my trip to Europe last summer, which included more library content than your average sun-baked, ice-cream soaked jaunt through the former Eastern bloc. Here’s the National and University Library of Slovenia, one of the most well-known buildings in Ljubljana. From the outside: It was designed by [...]
