As the name suggests, I thought this book would be about traveling across Europe. I made it through the first chapter. The author was attempting to be so overly comical that it was difficult to tell if some scenes and dialogue were real or fiction interjected for comic effect.If anyone is looking fo...
I was intrigued and (somewhat) amused for the first third or so, until I realized that the structure of each chapter/city was going to be "arrive, whine, walk, whine, coffee, something to giggle at, walk, hotel, whine, depart." Felt like reading in circles, none of the material from Bryson makes on...
A charming book that talks about a fun adventure through Europe with some good laughs along the way. Although the book suffers from a lack of a common theme/point, and Bryson has a tendency to whine a lot, the book can be highly entertaining and as long as you don't take it too seriously, it's a fun...
Bryson writes hysterical travel books. In this one he sets out to re-create a backpacking trip of Europe he made during the seventies when he was twenty. His descriptions of people and places will have you falling out of your chair. The beer he is offered in Belgium, for example, defies his palate. ...
Before embarking on a longish trip, Jill and I like to read about the places we are going to visit. Not just guidebooks--although I must admit we buy those by the pound--but travelogues, histories, and novels set in those areas. Sometimes this is easy. Italy and the Galapagos are well represented in...
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