Travel Library
Is this how traveling makes you feel? Is this the way you want to act when you discover a wonderful travel book or movie that takes you away? We travelers who read are endlessly curious. We want to know about all the things that might make us want to travel. And when we plan our [...]
Has it been five years since we were in Italy? Unbelievable! But Italy stays with you once you have traveled there. Here’s another of my round-up posts (read: she’s traveling and not blogging every day).
NOTICE: I will give this collection (which is priced at $45.00) to one reader chosen at random from those who comment on this post. American Resident, Over 18. (By Friday April Destination: Paris, France Book: Paris from the Heart: Ultimate Walking Tours to Fun, Fashion and Freedom (November 2010) by Jan Dolphin
Destination: Tucson, Arizona Event: Tucson Festival of Books, 2011 [See more photos on my Facebook page] The Tucson Festival of Books has grown rapidly in its three years. Organizers say there were 100,000 people there in March 2011, and I think that is true.
Destination: Yemen Book: The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: An American Journalist in Yemen: Adventures in the Oldest City on Earth (NEW 2010) by Jennifer Steil She was a woman who fell from the sky in robes of dew and became a city. Jennifer Steil uses this poetic description of Sana’a, the capitol [...]
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As I was thinking about departing from my usual posts about travel literature, I came across an excellent post by Almost Fearless on guidebooks. As she points out, they do have a purpose. And I am addicted to guidebooks, so I don’t want their absence on this site to lead anyone to think I do [...]
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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: Granada Spain Book: 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 that he spent in [...]
