Guide Books

pen4hire on August 2nd, 2010

Destination: Istanbul Book: Strolling Through Istanbul, The Classic Guide to the City by Hilary Sumner-Boyd & John Freely (Originally published 1972;NEW edition, 2010) I try to imagine strolling the streets of Istanbul, but I am hampered by the perennial action movie shots–camera zooming overhead as swarthy men race through narrow passage ways, overturning carts of [...]

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pen4hire on July 23rd, 2010

Destination: Southern Arizona Book: Historic Walking Guides: Tombstone & Bisbee Arizona (NEW 2010) by Jane Eppinga Curious staffers of other Congressmen go into the office of an Arizona Congressman, look at the map, and point with wonder at Tombstone. “You mean that’s a real place?” Print PDF

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pen4hire on July 12th, 2010

Destination: Italy Book: 100 Places In Italy Every Woman Should Go, by Susan Van Allen (NEW 2010) Traveler’s Tales, the publisher, offered me this book and I do love Italy, and Indie Travel Podcast said they would like a review, so I read it–I mean really read it, because it was so well written and [...]

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pen4hire on June 15th, 2010

I’m over at My Itchy Travel Feet today reviewing Riding the HulaHula to the Arctic Ocean,  a travel book for “the seasoned traveler.” Donna Hull writes about baby boomer travel at My Itchy Travel Feet, and this book fits the bill.  Terrific list of adventures for “seasoned travelers” who need help planning a trip. Take [...]

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pen4hire on June 7th, 2010

This just in: A couple of my travel tips are included with this collection of tips on trip planning at Wandering Educators. Going to Vietnam? How about Argentina? National Geographic Traveler has new guidebooks on those two countries (revised Vietnam, brand new Argentina) and I review them for my friends at Indie Travel Podcast. Now [...]

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pen4hire on June 4th, 2010

Destination: France (continued from Trip Planning: France) Print PDF

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pen4hire on May 18th, 2010

Destinations: France, Bruges, Amsterdam Traveler’s Library: Growing Daily with guidebooks, maps, notes…. It occurred to me that you might be interested in the trip planning process that goes on in our book-filled house. So here goes. Print PDF

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pen4hire on April 26th, 2010

Destination: Chicago Book: Voices from the Chicago Grave: They’re Calling. Will You Answer? 2nd Edition, by Scott Markus A GUEST POST by Dr. Jessie Voigts I’d like to share an incredibly scary book of ghost stories. Why so scary? – because they are TRUE. Print PDF

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pen4hire on March 28th, 2010

Destination: Michigan Book: Traveling Michigan’s Sunset Coast: Exploring Michigan’s West Coast Beach Towns – from New Buffalo to Mackinaw City,(2007) by Julie Royce A Guest Post by Dr. Jessie Voigts Print PDF

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