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Posted in Arts and culture on Tuesday, March 14, 2006
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Most people go to Sinaia with precise purposes. Skiers go to ski, mountain climbers avidly throw themselves on the dangers of Bucegi, historians and pupils in their class format go to (re)visit Peles, grandparents go to take in some fresh air, trendsetters and their posse sneak away from Bucharest to party, music afficionados go to nostalgically walk by Luminis, and multinationals organize teambuilding activities.
Some, however, go to Sinaia to read. All right, maybe I’m exaggerating; maybe they don’t go to just read, but I could swear that being in Sinaia triggers an appetite for reading. Reading in Sinaia is a quiet experience that needs to be discovered. I don’t exactly know why... maybe it’s the air, the grandiose mountains, or the Sinaia-state-of-mind which you only get while in Sinaia, but I’m certain that a book that’s read in this place has a special feel. It leaves you with a unique memory, one that comes close to the sublime.
At the train station end of Carol I Blvd (the resort’s main street, which starts at Hotel International, and ends at the gates of the Casino park), right across from Sinaia Hotel, you will find a bookstore which is familiar to those possessed by the joy of reading. It’s a very tight one (so you can forget about trying to fit in with your skis on your shoulder, or with your rucksack on your back). Its charm is hard to describe. It really has nothing all that special. It actually reminds me of the uncomfortable bookstores of the early ‘90s, but it has “something” which draws those who taste the deliciousness of Sinaia’s reading. This bookstore has a big selection, one that includes titles which are long gone from Bucharest’s shelves, and, most importantly, some books have very interesting prices - the deals are really good. You shouldn't slalom around the bookstore, nor should you miss what reading in Sinaia is all about.
Sinaia Bookstore,
vis-a-vis Hotel Sinaia
Some, however, go to Sinaia to read. All right, maybe I’m exaggerating; maybe they don’t go to just read, but I could swear that being in Sinaia triggers an appetite for reading. Reading in Sinaia is a quiet experience that needs to be discovered. I don’t exactly know why... maybe it’s the air, the grandiose mountains, or the Sinaia-state-of-mind which you only get while in Sinaia, but I’m certain that a book that’s read in this place has a special feel. It leaves you with a unique memory, one that comes close to the sublime.
At the train station end of Carol I Blvd (the resort’s main street, which starts at Hotel International, and ends at the gates of the Casino park), right across from Sinaia Hotel, you will find a bookstore which is familiar to those possessed by the joy of reading. It’s a very tight one (so you can forget about trying to fit in with your skis on your shoulder, or with your rucksack on your back). Its charm is hard to describe. It really has nothing all that special. It actually reminds me of the uncomfortable bookstores of the early ‘90s, but it has “something” which draws those who taste the deliciousness of Sinaia’s reading. This bookstore has a big selection, one that includes titles which are long gone from Bucharest’s shelves, and, most importantly, some books have very interesting prices - the deals are really good. You shouldn't slalom around the bookstore, nor should you miss what reading in Sinaia is all about.
Sinaia Bookstore,
vis-a-vis Hotel Sinaia
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