![]() ![]() It’s about hanging out with someone who is interesting, thoughtful, funny and alert.Ĭertainly, no travel companion is perfect, and Bryson is smart enough as a writer to include a few cringe-producing moments like those that happen on any trip. It’s about going along for the ride without ever leaving home.Īnd what’s really curious is that it really isn’t so much about the place that’s being visited. The other type of travel book - such as Bill Bryson’s Notes from a Small Island - isn’t about taking a journey yourself. You use this sort when you are going to a place as a tourist, and it functions as a handy, cleverly packaged, compact database to help you maneuver around. One sort, such as Fodor’s, is jammed with facts about hotels, trains, battlefields, subways, mileage, restaurants, museums, exchange rates, airports, safety tips, trails, cathedrals, stadiums, cruises, tours, shopping…. ![]() There are travel books, and then there are travel books. ![]()
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