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Book covers, seeing what kinda stuff is being talked about, the general vibe of the space itself.

Lots of fun to be had wandering about, and unless you're looking at a thing where the script is really indecipherable you can kinda figure out what the topic du jour is even in foreign languages.

It's fun to look at book covers and imagine what's in the contents too.

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I do something similar with boardgames. I like to import foreign language games or pick them when traveling. They don’t need to be in English for me to enjoy and appreciate them. I have games from Germany, France, Spain, Japan, China, Brazil, and the UK.

My favorite is Kolejka, a Polish game about queuing at nearly empty stores during communism.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/85325/kolejka

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