Bayeux, Spooky Appalachia, Final Girls, Madame Tussaud & More: Endnotes 20 October

Bayeux, Spooky Appalachia, Final Girls, Madame Tussaud & More: Endnotes 20 October

Friday, 20 October, 2023

Every Friday, we celebrate the weekend — and all the reading and relaxing and daydreaming time ahead — with Melissa's favorite book- and travel-related links of the week. Why work when you can read fun stuff?!

This post is part of our Endnotes series.

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The beautiful medieval city above is Bayeux in the Normandy region of northwestern France. The old town center is a picturesque warren of cobbled streets lined with half-timbered houses, all leading to the majestic Cathédrale Notre-Dame, a Norman-Gothic masterpiece. If you’re a history buff, Bayeux is a great place to visit. The city was the first to be liberated from the Nazis in June 1944, and it’s an excellent starting point to visit D-Day landing beaches. It’s also home to the Bayeux Tapestry (Tapisserie de Bayeux), an 11th-century tapestry depicting the 1066 Norman invasion of England. Here’s a lovely slow travel walking tour through Bayeux.

 
 
 
 

New Episode of The Library of Lost Time

In each mini-podcast episode, we discuss two books at the top of our TBR, then share a fun book- or travel-related distraction. Get all the episodes and books galore here.

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In this episode, we get excited about two books: The World Central Kitchen Cookbook: Feeding Humanity, Feeding Hope by José Andrés and I Love Russia: Reporting from a Lost Country by Elena Kostyuchenko. Then Dave shares his enthusiasm for the Best Public Library of the Year. [transcript]

 

Today is an excellent day to visit your local library.

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