Gavin in Paris 🇫🇷 Book Shopping in France, Reading a Gay Classic & Exploring Paris

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  • @b_r_ooklyn
    @b_r_ooklyn 2 роки тому +218

    "the only person telling you no, is yourself" and my bank account, gavin, and my bank account...

  • @AnnabelleFr
    @AnnabelleFr 2 роки тому +36

    GAVIN !!!! LITERALLY 8 minutes and and 4 seconds into the video I stopped and casually looked up flights to Paris. 30 minutes later and a call with the boyfriend we have booked ourself flights to Paris in June. :D I haven't even watched the entire Vlog yet, wants happening....

    • @GavinReadsItAll
      @GavinReadsItAll  2 роки тому +8

      AAWWW YAY I’M SO HAPPY!!! I love that this has happened honestly, and that my vlog gave you that feeling of “just do it!”

  • @BooksNest
    @BooksNest 2 роки тому +48

    I got emotional watching the end of this because it was THE BEST time!! Honestly couldn’t have done it with anyone else, you and Sabine are such wonderful human beings and I loved making these memories with you both. You are a gem of a human being and this vlog was perfection, cattywompus plans and all! Miss you alreadddyy 💛💛

  • @CommanderFr3cklz
    @CommanderFr3cklz 2 роки тому +12

    After watching this i decided to finally book myself my dream trip to Florence. As i'm a single pringle I've always felt I can't travel alone, but watching this video I just thought F is and do it! Thank you!

  • @SabinesBookNook
    @SabinesBookNook 2 роки тому +45

    LOVE you Gavin, honestly cannot describe how much this trip ment to me and how much you bring into my life 🥹❤️ Thank you so SO much from the bottom of my heart and I can’t wait for the next trip together because I sure hope that there will be many more in the future 🥰🥰🥰

    • @GavinReadsItAll
      @GavinReadsItAll  2 роки тому +7

      LOVE YOU SABINE thank you for coming along for the Paris adventure ❤

  • @kellinwayne3535
    @kellinwayne3535 2 роки тому +13

    The fact that you stayed at an Arthur Rimbaud-themed hotel, who was part of the first openly gay couple in literary history, and you never mentioned it, is absolutely sending me 😂 I love your travelling content so much

    • @meghanreynolds3564
      @meghanreynolds3564 2 роки тому +1

      I'm so glad someone else caught that haha! I had a poetry book by Rimbaud that I adored in High School!

    • @GavinReadsItAll
      @GavinReadsItAll  2 роки тому +2

      WHAT?! Omg I had no idea!! Now I MUST go back!!

    • @kellinwayne3535
      @kellinwayne3535 2 роки тому +1

      @@GavinReadsItAll yeah! There’s even a great movie with young Leo DiCaprio called “Total Eclipse”. It was the way I first found out about Rimbaud and then became absolutely enamored with his poetry

  • @avendesora2495
    @avendesora2495 Рік тому +2

    I wish I had bookish friends to do this with! 🥺 Or friends in general really haha. It looks like an amazing time.

  • @moonbook12
    @moonbook12 2 роки тому +1

    At 15:03 unfortunately same I remember someone insult , me and my friends that we are lesbians , which is really painful for me because I felt it wasn't Ture for me but than I follow in love with that friend.
    Sometimes I still like that (only when I feel in unsafe places of being queer which is not fun)

  • @NakiasHideaway
    @NakiasHideaway 2 роки тому +19

    Thank you for taking us along on your trip to Paris, Gavin! Looks like you all had a wonderful time! 🗼🥐☕
    And Ash trying to open the door when you got back home was THE CUTEST THING!!!! 😻🖤😻

  • @bookaholicbanter
    @bookaholicbanter 2 роки тому +5

    The trip to Japan sounds amazing and it's on my bucket list. I wish I could save enough by then. I hope you do another trip in the future. Would love something like this!

  • @calystoXXVII
    @calystoXXVII 2 роки тому +4

    It's mind boggling to me that you only have 55k subs! You deserve millions of people following you because you're such a stellar person and honestly, even though I have never met you in real life, I can tell you're a genuinely amazing person. Thank you for talking us on this journey with you. Much love from sLOVEnia

  • @SydBookWorrom
    @SydBookWorrom 2 роки тому +1

    these vibes are IMMACULATE🥹🥰

    • @SydBookWorrom
      @SydBookWorrom 2 роки тому

      your lil captions about the statues are making me CACKLE😂

    • @SydBookWorrom
      @SydBookWorrom 2 роки тому

      gavin i literally just turned on my espresso machine to make a latte because the b-roll looks TOO TASTY😍

  • @danamelton1738
    @danamelton1738 2 роки тому +8

    There's such a beautiful glow to your face when you go on these adventures. (Even more than normal) You can feel the happiness and an almost Free feeling through the screen. Thank you for thinking of us and taking us along.

  • @JessicaNicoleDickerson
    @JessicaNicoleDickerson 2 роки тому +3

    I want a booktube Paris trip too🥺 Now imma watch Sabine's video !!!
    THAT ITINERARY!! I'm impressed

  • @gailxoxo7286
    @gailxoxo7286 2 роки тому +2

    Loving this vlog. Many comments amalgamated together. So cool you got to see both Jim Morrison and Oscar Wilde's graves. Brighton Rock was on the Scottish school syllabus back when I was at school, it is good but think would appreciate more being older.

    • @gailxoxo7286
      @gailxoxo7286 2 роки тому

      Loving the timing of the music on the seine tour. I know you couldn't get flowers by miley due to copyright issues. I just imagined you acting it out with a bunch of flowers etc.

  • @beckyduff
    @beckyduff 2 роки тому +5

    I've breastfed on a plane. Never thought to ask the person beside me if it was ok, lol. You got a problem with it, you can hold my screaming baby! I do try to be discreet and cover up as much as possible, but at the end of the day, my baby's gotta eat and from what I hear, taking milk/formula through security is a pain.
    *EDIT* I am not saying you shouldn't be courteous and mention to the person beside you that you are going to breastfeed, I am just saying it never crossed my mind to ask. I am really shy and quiet and I think bringing it up would just be more awkward than me just discreetly nursing my baby.

    • @GavinReadsItAll
      @GavinReadsItAll  2 роки тому +3

      Yeah I don't think you need to ask someone's permission to breastfeed, and when you do it discreetly, it really doesn't affect anyone else. Only prudes. I think only prudes would be offended when they shouldn't be. It's a perfectly natural and necessary thing to do. So I totally get it!

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. 2 роки тому +9

    1:10 I can totally imagine Gavin being as iconic as Blair Waldorf with the Shopping Bags as he walks down Parisian streets.

  • @hannahblackwellbooks
    @hannahblackwellbooks 2 роки тому +1

    Ugh breastfeeding is still so hard sometimes because people r so snobbish about moms just trying to feed their babies, it’s nuts. Luckily my hubby was super supportive with my boys but still, it was such a struggle when we were out.

  • @gaelleppp7175
    @gaelleppp7175 2 роки тому +2

    The portrait in your bedroom is a gay poet. Arthur Rimbaud.

  • @MilenaReads
    @MilenaReads 2 роки тому +8

    Definitely loved Gavin in Paris more than Emily in Paris, haha. Such a beautiful vlog 🧡

  • @FaeryLaume
    @FaeryLaume 2 роки тому +1

    I loved watching all three of you together in one of my favorite places. When I've been in Shakespeare & Co. you could take photos - although it wouldn't have occurred to me back in the pre-social media days to take video. Can you take photos still? And I just choked up, so sad, to see Notre Dame. I assume the lighting was showing mostly scaffolding in the back, right? And that's so cool you went and saw the cafe from Amelie. Love that movie so much. Also, have you seen the movie Charade? (Audrey Hepburn and a huge cast of great old actors!) I thought of that when you were all on the boat. Probably my fave old movie.

    • @FaeryLaume
      @FaeryLaume 2 роки тому +1

      Oh, and Gavin, I was really blown away by Beth's photos! You're right, she's amazing behind the lens. (well, and in front of it too - obviously)

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. 2 роки тому +14

    Gavin has returned with a Magnum Opus Video, which means it’s a non-stop journey to pure joy.

  • @jemmahatt
    @jemmahatt 2 роки тому +2

    Another fab travel adventure! With your love of gothic novels, I'm curious about whether you've read 'Rebecca' by Daphne du Maurier? I did my uni dissertation on her books!

  • @JanAgaton
    @JanAgaton 10 місяців тому

    wait i loove Amelie! ugh i loved Paris when i went with my french class back in high school & this made me wanna go back!

  • @gabbyreads
    @gabbyreads 2 роки тому +2

    Omg this vlog is everything!!! The way you edited this, Gavin it’s stunning!!! Like so professional, and high quality!! Also, Paris looks so gorgeous, I’ve always wanted to go and I love how this vlog makes me feel like I’ve traveled there with you! 🥰

    • @gabbyreads
      @gabbyreads 2 роки тому

      2023: just do it 😂 I love this energy!!!!

  • @Lorie336
    @Lorie336 Рік тому +1

    I am saving for a trip to Ireland, would love to go there and visit the home of my ancestors. Also, to take in the beautiful surroundings of the Emerald Isle.

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. 2 роки тому +2

    26:18 HAHAHA “…and if you’d like a free trial on Audible.” THAT WAS SMOOTH 🔥

  • @danasloves
    @danasloves 2 роки тому +6

    Loved this. Especially when you talked about Giovanni's Room. Very interesting to hear your thoughts about it. So glad you had such an amazing trip!

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. 2 роки тому +2

    0:23 I want 4 Seasons of this, thanks! Also, it’s definitely giving ‘Heartstopper’ Season 2 as well.

  • @aisling_90
    @aisling_90 2 роки тому +1

    I can’t afford the japan trip this year. But I hope you’ve another trova trip next year 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

  • @rayallen0
    @rayallen0 2 роки тому +1

    I was having just a shit day and needed the shot of positive energy that is Gavin. Vlog definitely makes me want to travel. Thank you for all the good vibes, I know its silly but your videos never fail to lift me up when I'm in low spirits.

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. 2 роки тому

    22:39 SHAKESPEARE AND COMPANY. An institution and absolutely iconic.

  • @palefacedbeauty4778
    @palefacedbeauty4778 2 роки тому +2

    Aww I always miss my furbabies when I leave them for a getaway. My limit is a week as I'm itching to get back to them. The France introduction is the best! I wonder if she had a miss congeniality moment the minute she screeched like that 🤣

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. 2 роки тому +2

    The Abbey Bookshop is quite find, I must say.

  • @jamieserrano827
    @jamieserrano827 2 роки тому +1

    Allons-y, Paris!!! 💜💜💜
    All those Paris, cafés and bakeries. They look so awesome as well as the Luovre
    Shakespeare and Company books and Abbey books looked awesome as well

  • @kirstenhamann4930
    @kirstenhamann4930 Рік тому

    Sabine’s secret message on your camera was so sweet!❤

  • @LynnetteReads
    @LynnetteReads Рік тому +1

    My thoughts on the discomfort we experience when reading some opinions or situations in historical books is that we know now just how wrong they were. I have just read a book set in 1987 and a main character is dying because he contracted HIV and is in the late stages of AIDs. The author really captured the 80s attitude towards it and I felt so uncomfortable but that is positive because it means I know that was wrong .
    EDIT
    Now I have seen the end of the vlog I completely understand why you wouldvtgen DNF that book. While I think it is good to read something that makes you uncomfortable if that discomfort then become self negativity then no it is not sonething to continue xx

  • @bethmetcalf3447
    @bethmetcalf3447 2 роки тому +1

    I’m loving the grey in your hair Gavin! You look so distinguished and dashing😀

  • @jennie9
    @jennie9 2 роки тому +1

    This made me want to go to Paris with some friends. I love Japan! I've been to many of the places in the itinerary. You'll have a fabulous time!

  • @confessionofabookdragon
    @confessionofabookdragon 2 роки тому +1

    This is such a great vlog! I love all the photos and footage. I'm hoping to visit the UK in the near future. I'm having a little adventure of my own and that I am moving from one state to another. I am going to be moving from Tennessee to Florida to stay with a friend. And that is going to be taking a lot of my money. So when I have enough saved up I'm heading to Europe.

  • @OliviasCatastrophe
    @OliviasCatastrophe 2 роки тому

    Oh my goodness you haven't been on a plane for so long! I hope you enjoy traveling a little bit more. I love travelling and do it a lot and it is some of my favourite vlogs to make as well. Giovanni's room is on my shelf and I am so ready to read it! Baldwin's are often considered modern classics and from what you're saying makes sense. And I do love beautiful writing. A shame about the problematic elements!! And if it was making you uncomfortable and unhappy then dnf was definitely the way forwards. I went to paris a lot in a year because my sister did her year abroad there and we had a place to stay. Love Sabine so much

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. 2 роки тому

    23:16 Yay! A book about India 🔥

  • @bookaholicbanter
    @bookaholicbanter 2 роки тому

    Absolutely gorgeous, all of it! Looked like you had a great time. I hope I can make it there one day. Slowly saving to travel.

  • @michellegomes2030
    @michellegomes2030 Рік тому

    Great vlog! Nothing like a trip with friends ❤

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. 2 роки тому

    4:38 AAAAAAA Triple the Cultural References: Raven, Miss France and the ‘Heartstopper’ Top.

  • @meloveschocolate
    @meloveschocolate Рік тому

    Glad you had a good time, I've been in Paris for 24 hours lol 🖤

  • @beckyduff
    @beckyduff 2 роки тому

    When I went to Japan I lived on coffee. One morning I told my husband that I really needed a cup, we walked around the corner and there - on the sidewalk!!! - was a parked van with this guy selling coffee. He had a full-on cappuccino machine in the back. If that was here (in Canada) I'd be suspicious, but in Japan, it just felt normal and at that moment an answer to prayer haha.

  • @cleg78
    @cleg78 2 роки тому +1

    Ooooo bring it on, been waiting for this 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

  • @shelleyreadsalot
    @shelleyreadsalot 2 роки тому

    The photos of you all are just the cutest! 💜

  •  2 роки тому +1

    This might be my favorite video you've created 💕 I went to Paris for the first time last year and it was magical. This video just made me want to go back so badly!

  • @booksaboutem442
    @booksaboutem442 2 роки тому +2

    Looks like you had such a fantastic time! So jealous Europe is so close for you to visit! 🥖 🍷 🇫🇷

    • @GavinReadsItAll
      @GavinReadsItAll  2 роки тому +1

      I need to visit more of Europe, it’s so beautiful!

  • @xina9032
    @xina9032 2 роки тому +1

    The Cinematography in the intro and in the whole video! Love it

  • @vampirekeeley
    @vampirekeeley 2 роки тому

    6 years ago today I was in Paris, so this video is perfect timing 🤩

  • @tammycrews2067
    @tammycrews2067 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you for taking us on your trip! I’m now a Patreon! ❤

  • @butzichen
    @butzichen 2 роки тому

    I'm not a pet person, but it always breaks my heart too when you leave the cats😢

  • @Jillybeanzxo
    @Jillybeanzxo 2 роки тому +1

    I went to Paris in October and your vlog made me well up with tears, seeing all those beautiful familiar sights again was an absolute treasure 😍🤩 thank you for sharing!!

  • @iheartcats4life_
    @iheartcats4life_ 2 роки тому

    I will be having some adventures in 2023! I have a trip planned to NYC, another to upstate NY to visit a friend and family trips planned to Michigan and Florida 💅

  • @QueenPrism
    @QueenPrism 2 роки тому +2

    This is amazing, i'm so happy you had such an amazing trip! If only I could go to Japan with you!

  • @meghanreynolds3564
    @meghanreynolds3564 2 роки тому

    Gavin, this was such a beautiful time! Thank You so much for taking us!! I'm from New York, and the only place aboard I have ever been is Canada. I've always wanted to see Europe, especially France! Do you have any tips for overseas travel, especially Paris?
    P.S. I LOVED Ghost Eaters!!! SUPER creepy!

  • @wanderingbeyondpages
    @wanderingbeyondpages 2 роки тому

    Thank you for curing my Sunday blues 🥐

  • @annmariesloan8406
    @annmariesloan8406 2 роки тому

    Graham Greene is the name of a Actor here in Canada

  • @cherylwhybrew1224
    @cherylwhybrew1224 2 роки тому

    Gavin, thank you for taking us with to Paris! I loved seeing it all! Maybe someday I’ll get overseas but until then I will travel with you this way! Thank you again!❤

  • @xamandalaurenx
    @xamandalaurenx 2 роки тому +1

    Already christened 😂😂😂 love these videos! 💗

  • @tiggerrattles
    @tiggerrattles 2 роки тому

    I am doing a couple of trips this year. And then I plan to surprise myself with a trip to Canada and the US for my 30th in 2 years

  • @awpageofabook
    @awpageofabook 2 роки тому

    gibert joseph on the boulevard saint michel is a bookstore with six floors. it's mainly french books, but they do have a really good english section on the 2nd floor. they've got both new books and livres en occasion (second hand) if that's your sort of thing.

  • @Alysia225
    @Alysia225 2 роки тому +1

    The hotel coffee reviews! Yes, you know the important info we need!!

  • @mamasreadingnook
    @mamasreadingnook 2 роки тому

    This video was so great! I visited Paris a few years ago and you've made me want to go back!!!!

  • @butzichen
    @butzichen 2 роки тому

    this is hilarious, I don't drink coffee, but I have the same machine as in your hotel (my mom too) so it's like the ONE machine I know how to use😂

  • @Rec426
    @Rec426 2 роки тому

    That comment at the beginning about doing what you want to do in 2023 really motivated me to look at properly booking Edinburgh! Thanks for the motivation! I'm also going to Paris this summer for my 30th and this video made me so excited for this trip :) I've been before but its been 10 years and I'm so excited to go back :)

  • @callistoursus8300
    @callistoursus8300 2 роки тому +1

    I loved this vlog so much! I'll be coming back for it, if I ever have a need for wholesome Paris content. And it made me excited to hopefully travel a bit with my friends this year as well!

  • @sakurahan91
    @sakurahan91 2 роки тому

    Un vlog très cool et magique, Gav! What song is being used at 35:18??? Je l’adore 💜!!! Et j’adore la Paris aussi. C’est mon endroit plus préféré dans le monde! Merci beaucoup.

  • @paulnorfolk2597
    @paulnorfolk2597 2 роки тому

    Great video Gavin, your friends seem lovely too. Can I ask what the music was that you had playing whilst on the boat,it was stunning.

    • @GavinReadsItAll
      @GavinReadsItAll  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you, and of course it’s called Thunder Lightning by Gamma Skies

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. 2 роки тому +5

    The Pre-Travel Anxiety is real. NO ONE GETS LEFT BEHIND 🔥

  • @wendypridmore2005
    @wendypridmore2005 2 роки тому

    I am heading to Tasmania in September :( but am excited to go

  • @ItsEmzo
    @ItsEmzo 2 роки тому

    Ah this vlog has made me wanna go back to Paris! It's the most beautiful city and you went to so many interesting places I didnt see. Might have to take myself 👀

  • @Meowlo
    @Meowlo 2 роки тому

    The Japan trip sounds so fun and this trip looked amazing! I love your mantra for this year to just do it and live your best life! I'm going to try to carry that with me when I can this year. I think big trips aren't in the cards (visa paperwork $$$) but I'll live vicariously through y'all and do my best where I can lol.

  • @norwegian_booknerd
    @norwegian_booknerd 2 роки тому

    Love your travel vlogs! To be honest, the farting in the bookstore was my favorite part, quality content!🤣

  • @Nicole-dh3um
    @Nicole-dh3um 2 роки тому

    Loved the vlog! You made me miss Paris so much. Where was the pain au chocolat? Did no one have any????

  • @booksgurrsandpurrs
    @booksgurrsandpurrs 2 роки тому +1

    I just finished Giovanni's Room and was excited to see what you thought only to find out that you DNF'ed the book, but I respect your decision. You gotta protect your mental health. It's the same reason I don't want to read A Little Life. I'm not ready to be that traumatized.

  • @cindywingetbooks
    @cindywingetbooks 2 роки тому +1

    That would be so amazing to go to Japan with you Gavin! Lol I am definitely jealous about all the trips you get to take. Darn having no money and two young kids! 😂 When you farted in public and had to sit on the naughty chair I was laughing so hard! 😂😂😂. What a beautiful place. The highest place on my bucket list however is the UK so maybe I need to book you as my guide for that when I come to England lol 😉

  • @AbiofPellinor
    @AbiofPellinor 2 роки тому

    This looks like *the* Paris trip and I love it!

  • @BecxReadz
    @BecxReadz 2 роки тому

    Thanks for the adventure

  • @SarahAtHeart
    @SarahAtHeart 2 роки тому

    So glad you had such a wonderful trip! Thank you for sharing with us!

  • @ellie-elles.bookshelf
    @ellie-elles.bookshelf Рік тому

    What a great vlog, it looks so much fun!!

  • @ReadingNymph
    @ReadingNymph 2 роки тому

    Glad you had such a lovely time!

  • @eendju
    @eendju 2 роки тому

    After this vlog I'm even more excited for my trip to Paris in April. 😃

  • @AwkwardBookworm
    @AwkwardBookworm 2 роки тому

    So insanely jealous. Paris is on my travel bucket list!

  • @hails63
    @hails63 2 роки тому

    Gavin you are such a joy!! You’re videos always brighten my week. Thank you for being you 😊

  • @HouseofHannah
    @HouseofHannah 2 роки тому +1

    The DNF was perfect. There's an LGBTQ+ book club in Paris that just read that a month or two ago.
    Were you able to check out some of the used English book shops as well ? San Francisco Book Co is right around the corner from The Abbey Bookshop.
    lol at your first macaron being from an Italian ice cream shop. 😂
    I am so glad you picked up The Paris Library ! It's the story of The American Library in Paris during WW2. I did a reading vlog for it shortly after it came out. The author lives in Paris part time, so she frequently pops into the shops to sign copies of the book.

  • @awpageofabook
    @awpageofabook 2 роки тому

    and now i want to go to paris again

  • @Books_on_the_Brain
    @Books_on_the_Brain 2 роки тому

    Fantastic vlog "Kevin"! You all looked like y'all had the absolute best time! BTW I gifted Lexi that same edition of The Great Gatsy!

  • @22daisymae
    @22daisymae 2 роки тому

    I very much needed this video today. ❤

  • @kellyreadingbooks
    @kellyreadingbooks 2 роки тому

    I’ll be waiting for the review on Brighton Rock 😂
    This vlog was incredible! I felt like I was there with you all.

  • @allgirlreview433
    @allgirlreview433 2 роки тому

    What an amazing getaway! Thank you for bringing me a bit of happiness.

  • @PokhrajRoy.
    @PokhrajRoy. 2 роки тому +1

    Next time you want to plan something for Paris, follow Jay Swanson. He’s a Vlogger and also has a video on the good croissants in town.
    P.S. The Vlog was so much fun!

  • @krisprepolec5616
    @krisprepolec5616 2 роки тому

    Traveling is fun, but coming home to see your fur babies and sleep in your own bed is great, too.
    I love Amelie. Hopefully I will make it to France one day. Thanks for letting me live vicariously ❤️
    If you go back you may want to read the August Dupin stories by Edgar Allan Poe, and see where you could be inspired to go based on that. Catacombs tour and morgue museum, anyone?

  • @sunamiranda
    @sunamiranda 2 роки тому

    I'm just so excited for you to go to Japan! I hope until there you'll be caught up with One Piece, and that you would be able to go to the Mugiwara Store (One Piece themed store).

  • @dawnnicholson9675
    @dawnnicholson9675 2 роки тому

    Saying bye to Ash and Tobu... God that got me Gavin! 😢😢

  • @jamiemarsh3422
    @jamiemarsh3422 2 роки тому

    Love your travel vlogs! Beautiful sights, thank you for sharing. Your book friends are wonderful. The kitties loving on you is so sweet ♥️.

  • @Bookslovejenna
    @Bookslovejenna 2 роки тому

    This is glorious! What a fun whirlwind trip. Makes me want to return to Paris.