Travels in Europe

The Beginning Of Travel-Publishing?

Date: September 3rd, 2007 |

Ever wondered when the travel-publishing industry began, in what form, by whom, how, and with what intention?
Honestly, I never did until I came across this piece on an exhibition that is displaying a set of Europe’s first printed travel images and maps from the Middle Ages and Renaissance period.
In those days, traveling to faraway [read more]

Don George’s New Website: Don’s Place

Date: January 25th, 2007 |

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Travels in Europe: Writing On the Road

Date: September 30th, 2006 |

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This is the sixth in a series of posts about how travel, reading, writing and communicating intersected during my five month European backpacking trip.
Even though I set out on this adventure with no specific travel writing assignments or objectives (except to capture details in my journals), after about a month on the road I decided [read more]

Travels in Europe: Journal Writing

Date: September 21st, 2006 |

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This is the fourth in a series of posts about how travel, reading, writing and communicating intersected during my five month European backpacking trip.
To lose a passport was the least of one’s worries, to lose a notebook was a catastrophe.
– Bruce Chatwin
The very thought makes me cringe.
I can’t imagine losing a travel journal, or any [read more]

Travels in Europe: Reading on the Road

Date: September 12th, 2006 |

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This is the second in a series of posts about how travel, reading, writing and communicating intersected during my recent five month European backpacking trip. I’ll start each post with questions about the topic. Please share your own ideas and experiences below.
Topic Two: Reading on the Road
Questions: What do you like to read when [read more]

Hidden Europe

Date: August 29th, 2007 |

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Summer is almost over here in Madrid. People are starting to get back to work and not wearing shorts anymore.
Other than a zillion visitors (aka sangria and more sangria) throughout summer, I haven’t really done much other than urrr…ummm…browse the Internet. See, it is part of my job you know
Anyway, I repeatedly [read more]

Travels in Europe: So Now What?

Date: October 1st, 2006 |

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This is the final installment of my Travels in Europe series.

I spent five months roaming around the continent, taking prolific notes and mental snapshots of my experiences, which included pruning fig trees in Andalucia, searching for ancestors in southern Italy and witnessing Easter Week in Poland. The memories and moments are plentiful, as are new [read more]

Travels in Europe: Going Gadgetless

Date: September 27th, 2006 |

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This is the fifth in a series of posts about how travel, reading, writing and communicating intersected during my five month European backpacking trip.

I had just said goodbye to my parents at Newark Airport and was standing in the security line when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around to see Dad [read more]

Travels in Europe: Bookstore Browsing

Date: September 17th, 2006 |

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This is the third in a series of posts about how travel, reading, writing and communicating intersected during my five month European backpacking trip.
Bob Dylan played softly in the background as we leafed through magazines and dunked homemade chocolate chip cookies into our hot tea. After about an hour, I went wandering through the bookstore, [read more]

Travels in Europe: Guidebooks

Date: September 7th, 2006 |

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This is the first in a series of posts about how travel, reading, writing and communicating intersected during my recent five month backpacking trip through Europe. I’ll start each post with questions about the topic. Please share your own ideas and experiences in the comments section below.
Topic One: Guidebooks
Questions: How easy or difficult is it [read more]