A trip across the city to Tres Cantos. Two hours and a different world.
A friend of mine sent me word recently that she had opened a bookstore in her home in Tres Cantos since the last time we saw each other. She told me that it was generally quiet on Saturday mornings before the noon story hour for children, so I promised to drop by and visit. Since Tres Cantos is quite a ways, and I was up late last night, I ended up getting there after instead of before, but as it was a long holiday weekend the store was quiet, and we had a lovely chat and mugs of tea and I got to see the very cool little neighborhood bookstore
Serendipias. (Check out their website for pretty pictures of the store interior, and also upcoming events there.)