Week 27: Scavenger Hunt, In Two French Cities...

   The book-of-the-week for Week 27 continues the Scavenger Hunt series with another hunt, In Two French Cities... The cased-in cover has vintage silk bookcloth on the spine and a monoprint paper on the boards. The title plate is the same linoleum block print image from Finding the Caves, with letterpress 24-point Goudy Oldstyle type for the title.

the cover...

Inside, a single page spread comprises the text, which is 19 scavenger hunt challenges that start in Olite, Spain... move into Bordeaux, France... and continue in Paris, France. They are digitally printed over a Google® map of the route from Olite, Spain to the Gare Saint Jean railway station, in Bordeaux, France.

inside...

In Two French Cities, the third book in the Scavenger Hunt series, continues the game theme and can be played with or without the other books. However, a pencil, a map of Bordeaux, a map of Paris, some euros, and a rental car are needed. 

This is what's inside the book...

Scavenger Hunt: 

Olite, Spain to Paris, France 

☐ 1. Drive from Olite, Spain to Bordeaux, France
☐ 2. Find the Gare Saint-Jean.
☐ 3. Find a place for lunch in Bordeaux

☐ 4. Walk along the Garonne River
☐ 5. Take the train to Paris (Gare Montparnasse)
☐ 6. Go to Le Marche Art & Creation, Place Bastille (open 10am to 7pm, Saturdays)
☐ 7. Sunday, breakfast at Notre Dame
☐ 8. Go to Fondation Louis Vuitton contemporary art museum (Bois de Boulogne, Mon-Sun)
☐ 10. Find the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris and go inside and look up some old books: Mayan Codices (the oldest book from N. America)
☐ 11. Visit the Musee d’Orsay
☐ 12. Get lost in Paris
☐ 13. Have dinner on the Pont des Arts
☐ 14. Find the home of Victor Hugo
☐ 15. Spend the day at the Louvre
☐ 16. Watch bocci ball at Jardin du Luxembourg
☐ 17. Eat Moulles et Frittes in Paris

☐ 18.  Watch the street entertainers at Pompidou Circle
☐ 19. Visit a Parisian paper store (L’illustre boutique, 1 Passage du Grand Cerf)

On your mark... get set... GO!