a blog about travel literature
If this guy writes so well and goes to so many cool places, then just why is this book he wrote so bad?
in the early 2000s, Xiaopeng is a young Chinese white-collar worker who decides to see the world. He travels around China, then ends up as an exchange student in the Netherlands. From there, he sets out to do the Grand Tour of Europe…
Listen to your heart.
In the early 2010s, American actor Andrew McCarthy decides to get married a second time. The problem is that besides being an actor, he’s also a travel writer and a bit restless…
Bono sucks.
In the early 2000s, Gregor Sieböck, a banker from Austria, decides to walk around the world in order to promote environmentalism…
The modern traveler.
In 1946, Heinz Helfgen, a former journalist from Germany turned Wehrmacht soldier comes from a POW camp, only to find out that things are pretty bad at home, especially money-wise…
Across time and space.
In the early 19th century, Johann Gottfried Seume, an editor from Leipzig, decides to embark on a trip to Italy…
The boring genius.
In 1786, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe leaves the confines of literary Germany to look for inspiration in the sunnier climes of Italy…