Paris, Hemingway and Shakespeare & Co

Just back from a weekend in Paris.




Two abiding memories will be contemplating life and its meaning over a glass of red wine at Cafe Delmas in Place de la Contrescarpe, a haunt that Ernest Hemingway would have known (just around the corner from Rue de Cardinal Lemoine where he lived for a time) and visiting the famous bookshop Shakespeare & Co where many writers (including myself as of yesterday) have dreamed of living like bohemians and writing their masterpiece...





These two experiences reminded me that writing is more than just a business. It is, of course, an art form too.