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Post Category → Bookstores

15 Photos From the Librairie Actes Sud, Arles

posted in Bookstores, France, Photography on July 10, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

Another entry for the ‘The French Love Books and France Still Loves Supporting Local Bookstores’ series.

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Shelfie in Marseille

posted in Bookstores, France, Pic du Jour on January 28, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 2 Comments

A shelfie at the Librarie de la Bourse, one of the oldest bookstores in Marseille.

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Bukowski, Calvino and Kerouac in Buenos Aires

posted in Argentina, Books, Bookstores, Pic du Jour on January 23, 2026 by Bob Ramsak 1 Comment

If they were a band, what songs would they play?

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Five Photos from the Livraria Bertrand, the Oldest Continually Operating Bookstore on the Planet

posted in Bookstores, Portugal on October 29, 2025 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

It’s in Lisbon’s Chiado neighborhood and has been running since 1732.

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Paris Bookshops, November 2024

posted in Bookstores on November 15, 2024 by Bob Ramsak 1 Comment

Seven snaps from a brief visit in November 2024.

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Nine Snaps From the Librairie-café La Vagabonde

posted in Bookstores, France on August 19, 2024 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

The French love books and France still loves supporting local bookstores. And we loved this this one, the Librarie-cafe La Vagabonde, which sits proudly near the central square of Saint-Martin-Vésubie, a gateway town to Mercantour National Park.

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All the World’s a Page – 13 snaps from the El Ateneo Bookstore

posted in Argentina, Bookstores on January 24, 2013 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments
The El Ateneo Bookstore in Buenos Aires

Visiting El Ateneo, a majestic former theater converted into a gorgeous bookstore in downtown Buenos Aires, really was on my List of Things to See Before I Die. Does that mean I’m now really one step closer?

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This is BobRamsak.com, a public notebook by Bob Ramsak.

I’m a long-time journalist, photographer and researcher driven by passions for environmental, social and refugee justice. I’ve visited 62 countries and write something and make pictures (almost) every day. This site is a notebook and photolog where I track and (sometimes) comment on those interests, journal my travels and log my current obsessions. At the moment the most dominant ones are the global response to the climate crisis and a renewed passion for birding and bird photography.

This site primarily serves as a garden for my memories and experiences, which I hope visitors will find useful or of interest. If you find something helpful here, or have a thought or insight to add, please leave a comment or drop me a line to let me know. I’ll be delighted to make your acquaintance.

Based in Nice, France, after two decades in Slovenia.

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