Today’s the day — later this afternoon, I’ll be heading to London via Newark with my good friend (and most excellent traveling companion) Alison. My bags are packed, the batteries are charged, the passport is tucked away in my purse along with a few stray tenners I found in my office.
I’ll be reporting for a couple of magazine assignments while there (Paris as well), but I’m planning to blog about the trip as much as I can. My planned adventures include stops at Books for Cooks and Stanfords’ Maps and Books — Alison and I are planning more adventures for next year — and of course, the requisite stops at every Boots I pass. I’m very curious to see if my love affair with Boots has truly waned since I can buy Boots’ products in the U.S. The other thing I’m worried about is falling in love with Publicisdrugstore while in Paris: I hear this place est magnifique — not quite a chemist/pharmacy, but … uh-oh, did I just use very bad French? Shame on me. I will try my best to remain loyal to my Anglo Saxon roots.
p.s. Husband and I think it’s hilarious that of all the French retailers’ websites I’ve visited in the last week, only one had a page in English — and that page was under construction. Those French — so intransigent with us English-speaking folk. 
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Stanford’s is the ultimate travel store. I love it. I could unload a fortune in the map room downstairs.
Though, MUJI, across the street is my London drug of choice!
I look forward to reading about your adventure!
Hope we get to meet up!
During my last extended stay in London (many years ago, sad to say), I could feel my husband’s hand tightening its grip on my own hand every time we passed a book store. No matter where we went, I always managed to find books to buy. I’ve even planned trips with layovers at Heathrow so that I could buy more books (usually looking at a map of the terminal beforehand so I’d know exactly where to go, armed with the printed list I’d put together before the trip).
Have a great trip! I can’t wait to read more!