Vive les vacances

It's August vacation time in Paris.

Many owners of smaller shops have papered their vitrines with brown packing paper (papier kraft) and taped a small sign on the door announcing the closure dates for congés annuels.

Every August, the owner of Ciné-Images on rue de Babylone tapes vacation theme-related vintage movie posters in his window instead.

Keeping up with her neighbor, the lady who owns Le Temps de Lire, a bookstore a few doors down the street, has emptied her window except for a few theme-related books.