signs

France, Part Deux

Bonjour again, this time from Lyon, France. We’re staying in an incredible sixteenth century building on a very narrow cobbled street in the old part of the city. Here’s the street–just out of the frame, on the left, would be… Read More

Signs of the Times

From as early as the fourteenth century, laws were passed forbidding shopkeepers in many European cities (notably Paris and London) to call out their wares. So to attract customers (many of whom could not read), shopkeepers put up huge shop… Read More