Libreria Acqua Alta

Thanks to a little website called Buzzfeed, I was able to take the book crawl to its third country! This afternoon, we visited Libreria Acqua Alta, which translates to "library of high water." It is a bit of a literary jungle, because they have books everywhere -- piled in gondolas, wedged into the corners, stacked up to the ceiling, etc. It was worth the visit because I don't think I'll ever see another store like this one again...

You can literally stand in the canal at this "fire exit."

First of all, there were cats. They were happily sunbathing outside, doing cat stuff and being all around adorable.

The best bookstores come with cats

And then they had this insanity going on inside:

Although this isn't even a fraction of it all...

And then you went outside and got this:

Don't forget the stairway of books that led up to a stunning view of the canal:

Mhm. That's a thing.

Please add this to the growing list of reasons why we are never leaving here.