Italy 7.3 Dennis Gastmann Should travel writers deliberately look for interesting stories or just go with the flow?
Italy 5.3 Joachim Fest Is it possible for a traveler to be too intellectual, and how could this impact his writing?
China 6 Odoric of Pordenone Was this a 14th-century fact finding mission or just another medieval mystery tale?
Germany 7 Heinrich Heine Why do these travel stories from 19th century Germany remain so recommendable?
Iraq 5.3 Jean de Mandeville Why is it so much fun to read Medieval travel stories that are at least partly untrue?
Saudi Arabia 5.3 Ibn Battuta Did conservative ethics turn this great adventure story into such a slow read?
Italy 5.8 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Is this German classic really that awesome, or could it be just a bit overrated?