Today was a quite rainy day in Cork. We planned to attend a showing of Irish shorts, playing in the Cork Opera House as part of the Film Festival. Seeking refuge from the rain, we stopped in Vibes and Scribes, a bookshop on Lavitt's Quay, on the way to the Opera House. This impressive bookshop has two locations, roughly separated into a secondhand, used bookshop, and a new arrivals bookshop. Both are stuffed to the brim with overflowing shelves, displays, and towers of books. They have books of almost any genre you could imagine, from comic to nonfiction. Fantastic prices complement their wide selection; even a brief survey of other bookshops in the city that day revealed the lowest prices at Vibes and Scribes. The only thing that could make this shop perfect would be the addition of chairs, but that would mean they wouldn't have as much space for books.
When we arrived at the Opera House to watch the shorts, we were greeted by some of the flim makers themselves. The shorts ranged from funny to historical; there was even an animated short and one with wool stop-motion figures. We had quite an enjoyable evening with the films, making for a great first experience at the Opera House.
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