First of all, the books:

 

 

I showed some real restraint in my book buying. Two reasons:

a) I didn´t like the editions they had of some of the books I was planning to buy and I´m picky about my editions.

b) the books in general were very expensive. I got The Silent Companions and Norse Mythology in a "Pick two books for the price of one" bargain, so that was a good price. But all the other books costs 5-8 Euro more than in Germany and I couldn´t get myself spending too much money on books.

 

But I bought quite a bit of non-bookish stuff:

 

 

And a close up of the little waterbear, my new bookish piggy bank and of course de Poezenboat postcard. I wonder if MbD has the same one: