Guide Books
Destination: Paris, France Book: No Worries Paris: A Photographic Walking Guide by Jerry & Janine Sprout In case you win that trip to Paris mentioned in my review of the Marc Levy book, All Those Things We Never Said, you may need a good solid guidebook to help you plan. Enter No Worries Paris.
Cultural Travel By Dr. Jessie Voigts I have both written and published many articles about cultural travel. Cultural travel is important to intercultural understanding, as it allows you to dig deeply into a place and truly explore the culture. I’d like to share a few of my favorite posts on cultural travel – one from [...]
Two short announcements today. This is the first. Royal Cities of the Ancient Maya Photography Book Giveaway I must say I was amazed that there were not more people lining up to win this incredible photo book, worth $50. But the winner is: Edie Jarolim. You can see Edie’s musing about Freud’s Butcher at her [...]
SPAIN WEEK at A Traveler’s Library Destination: Spain Book: Room With a Pew: Sleeping Our Way Through Spain’s Ancient Monasteries by Richard Starks and Miriam Murcutt (NEW September 2012) Before you book your hotel rooms for Spain, consider the surprises that Richard Starks and Miriam Murcutt discovered sleeping in monasteries. My only experience with cloistered nuns was [...]
Pet Travel Thursday Destination: various sites of autumn beauty and ghostly happenings By Pamela Douglas Webster With a nip in the air, many Americans start thinking of spooks, falling leaves, and winterizing their homes. My thoughts turn to taking a road trip with my dog. Summer is wonderful for travel. But pet-friendly travel is risky [...]
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Adventure Travel Week Destination: Palestine Book: Walking Palestine: 25 Journeys into the West Bank by Stefan Szepesi What do you really know about Palestine? I’m betting for most of us that’s not much beyond the headlines of conflict over borders with Israel. In this ‘year of the Arab Spring,’ I wrote a series of reviews [...]
Adventure Travel Week Destination: India Book: Planes, Trains, and Auto-Rickshaws, A Journey Through Modern India (NEW July 2012) by Laura Pedersen What is adventure travel? While there are many definitions and many degrees of adventure, surely most of us will agree that adventure means going beyond your comfort level. This week we will go on [...]
A Week of E-Books For Travelers These food in Paris photos fit into this week’s celebration of travel e-books, since they illustrate my own simple little e-book Ten Places to Eat Cheap(er) in Paris. Actually the following are mostly the photos that did not make it into the book. You’ll have to take a look [...]
