World of books

According to St. Augustine, "The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page" - but it might also be said, a book is a world, and those who don't read are stuck in the "here and now"! This past week I have visited ancient Rome and Egypt, in the concluding book of Conn Iggulden's series about Julius Caesar, Emperor; a fantasy land, which is really +/- 16th century Japan, in Lian Hearn's Tales of the Otori ; modern California with the latest in Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone series; and I'm still dipping into and out of England and America in a collection of short stories by Peter Ho Davies - and all without moving (much) from Brussels! Where to next, I ask myself?

In the meantime, it's a grey old day here in Brussels but I did force myself out to a nearby park. Just love those trees!