Vera Marie Badertscher
Yesterday A Traveler’s Library hit one of those landmark days, and I was not even here to celebrate. (I’m in New Orleans ensconced in my favorite hotel, Hotel Monteleone.) Ta-Da–100 Posts! Somehow, it seems appropriate, though, that I had a guest post on India here yesterday, because it is symbolic of the ways this blog [...]
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Today I traveled to Africa. It only took a half hour to get there, since I was driving to the south in Tucson to the AfricanVillage, part of the Tucson Gem Show. Great crafts, carvings, masks, beaded cloth, and a food booth with good African cooking. I talked with a vendor who explained this mask [...]
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Destination: Spain Book: Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes On the road south of Madrid, the names on restaurant and hotels begin to read: Sancho Panza, Dulcinea, Don Quixote–named for the characters in Spain’s most famous book. As we travel through the flat, sun-baked landscape of La Mancha, we burst into song. “To dream the impossible [...]
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Destination: Granada Spain Book: Tales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving Moonlight illuminates tile walls and stone lions that are more than 600 years old. The light peoples the walls of the Alhambra with romantic ghosts. Washington Irving knew the evocative power of moonlight. In his book , Tales of the Alhambra, which describes time [...]
Destination: Venice Books: Any mystery byDonna Leon Donna Leon has made a career out of killing off many people in just one city. But with all the romance and mystery of Venice, Italy, why not? Unlike the many writers who have plumbed the rich history of Venice, Donna Leon goes after the gritty underbelly of [...]
Robert Louis Stevenson The works of Robert Louis Stevenson will soon be on line. Why should we travelers care? Because Stevenson penned not only the well known Treasure Island, from which all pirate novels spring, but, as Katherine Ryder says, he was a travel writer and champion of leisure. She suggests we read An Apology [...]
Read: The Camel Club series by David Baldacci Destination: Washington D.C. Are you setting off for the inauguration? No? Good choice. Wait until the crowds thin out. All eyes turn toward Washington D.C. on January 20 every fourth year. Trivia moment: Presidential inaugurals used to happen on March 4. Then I was born on that [...]
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