11 September 2016 – Paris
![A historical placard commemorating the publication of 'Ulysses' by Sylvia Beach](https://www.eudaemonist.com/images/sylvia-beach-2016.jpg)
Day 5. We have reached that portion of the vacation where we are no longer disposed to be pleased by anything – though we did make the obligatory pilgrimage to 12 Rue de l’Odeon while we waited for bookstores to open. After that, there was nothing to be done but retreat to the comfort of coffee and pastries – which we had been clever enough to purchase before our mood turned sour.