Bryson brings his unique brand of humour to travel writing as he shoulders his backpack, keeps a tight hold on his wallet and heads for Europe. Travelling with Stephen Katz--also his wonderful sidekick in A Walk in the Woods--he wanders from Hammerfest in the far north, to Istanbul on the cusp of Asia. As he makes his way round this incredibly varied continent, he retraces his travels as a student twenty years before with caustic hilarity.
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"Its just that travel books get dated. And this book was the awkward kind of dated: like watching Seinfeld or Dilwale Dulhaniya...it reminds you of an era just passed, unlike a Casablanca, whose dated-ness you can appreciate. Loved the bits about his earlier, straight out of college trip. " — Shraddha (4 out of 5 stars)
"Its just that travel books get dated. And this book was the awkward kind of dated: like watching Seinfeld or Dilwale Dulhaniya...it reminds you of an era just passed, unlike a Casablanca, whose dated-ness you can appreciate. Loved the bits about his earlier, straight out of college trip. "
" Another book by Bill Bryson that I am loving every minute of. For personal reasons, I went directly to Scandinavian chapters and there is no doubt he gets it. I want Bryson's wit. "
" Love the style and the vicarious traveling. "
" More focus on people than placess. Makes it less fun. "
" Decent book. Makes me want to travel. "
" I didn't like this as much as others books I have read by Bryson.Much of the book compares his current travel in Europe to a trip he made as a college student. "
" Fun book; love literature that reads like a novel, but also has some factual stuff, esp traveling facts! "
" I read this while traveling through Europe. Another laugh out loud Bryson book! "
" A very so-so travelogue. I found myself not liking the author/main character and found his perspective skewed. "
" Again, a fabulous book by Bill Bryson. He always makes me laugh hysterically. Though I must add, I did not have the same fabulous experience he did in Rome, but then he's not a blonde female. "
" I liked this book a lot. Although at times I felt he was being a bit offensive, I think it was not nearly as bad as in Notes From a Small Island. I laughed out loud many times and I found some of the information truly interesting. "
Bill Bryson is the New York Times bestselling author of At Home, A Walk in the Woods, The Lost Continent, Made in America, The Mother Tongue, A Short History of Nearly Everything—winner of the Aventis Prize—and various other works. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he now lives in England, where he has worked for both the Times and Independent and written for most other major British and American publications.
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