Comments on: Travel By Proxy http://www.lambic.co.uk/blog/archives/2006/08/travel-by-proxy/ I'm gonna say this once and once only. Stay out of Camberwick Green! Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:52:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Book Goddess http://www.lambic.co.uk/blog/archives/2006/08/travel-by-proxy/#comment-13214 Book Goddess Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:21:45 +0000 http://www.lambic.co.uk/blog/archives/2006/08/travel-by-proxy/#comment-13214 Blue Highways by William Least Heat Moon Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck Blue Highways by William Least Heat Moon
Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck

]]> By: blork http://www.lambic.co.uk/blog/archives/2006/08/travel-by-proxy/#comment-13156 blork Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:47:32 +0000 http://www.lambic.co.uk/blog/archives/2006/08/travel-by-proxy/#comment-13156 I've always enjoyed the "<a href="http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/titledetail.cfm?titleNumber=688522" rel="nofollow">Best American Travel Writing</a>" series. They put one out every year. Full of various pieces -- mostly from magazines -- but they cross a range of places and styles and topics. You can usually find the older ones discounted. I just read Peter Carey's "30 Days in Sydney," which I got (hardcover) in the remainders section of Paragraphe on McGill-College about a month ago for next to nothing. A quirky, oddball, and slightly dark view of "going home" as an Aussie. Gives you a pretty different view of Sydney from what you may be used to. I’ve always enjoyed the “Best American Travel Writing” series. They put one out every year. Full of various pieces — mostly from magazines — but they cross a range of places and styles and topics. You can usually find the older ones discounted.

I just read Peter Carey’s “30 Days in Sydney,” which I got (hardcover) in the remainders section of Paragraphe on McGill-College about a month ago for next to nothing. A quirky, oddball, and slightly dark view of “going home” as an Aussie. Gives you a pretty different view of Sydney from what you may be used to.

]]> By: Cara http://www.lambic.co.uk/blog/archives/2006/08/travel-by-proxy/#comment-13116 Cara Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:43:34 +0000 http://www.lambic.co.uk/blog/archives/2006/08/travel-by-proxy/#comment-13116 An embarassment of Mangoes - I have a copy I can lend you. Travel and cooking in one book! I felt like running away to the Caribbean when it was done :) Actually, I still feel like running away to the Caribbean... An embarassment of Mangoes - I have a copy I can lend you. Travel and cooking in one book! I felt like running away to the Caribbean when it was done :) Actually, I still feel like running away to the Caribbean…

]]> By: lambic http://www.lambic.co.uk/blog/archives/2006/08/travel-by-proxy/#comment-12962 lambic Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:23:03 +0000 http://www.lambic.co.uk/blog/archives/2006/08/travel-by-proxy/#comment-12962 I didn't say we can't travel, I just said we haven't travelled, and don't plan to until next year. There are many reasons why we haven't travelled, one of them being financial. You see being the fashionistas that we are, everything we buy for Aidan has to have an expensive brand name associated with it. All those Ralph Lauren socks and Chanel baby wipes add up you know. I didn’t say we can’t travel, I just said we haven’t travelled, and don’t plan to until next year. There are many reasons why we haven’t travelled, one of them being financial. You see being the fashionistas that we are, everything we buy for Aidan has to have an expensive brand name associated with it. All those Ralph Lauren socks and Chanel baby wipes add up you know.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.lambic.co.uk/blog/archives/2006/08/travel-by-proxy/#comment-12946 Lisa Fri, 18 Aug 2006 13:56:24 +0000 http://www.lambic.co.uk/blog/archives/2006/08/travel-by-proxy/#comment-12946 Awright, I give up - why can't you travel now that you're a parent? Are we no longer allowed to bring babies on board? I know they're rather liquidy and they are technically carry-on until they learn to walk, but anyway... Awright, I give up - why can’t you travel now that you’re a parent? Are we no longer allowed to bring babies on board? I know they’re rather liquidy and they are technically carry-on until they learn to walk, but anyway…

]]> By: Greg http://www.lambic.co.uk/blog/archives/2006/08/travel-by-proxy/#comment-12912 Greg Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:49:49 +0000 http://www.lambic.co.uk/blog/archives/2006/08/travel-by-proxy/#comment-12912 Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden has been my favourite book of the summer. It takes you back and forth from Europe during World War 2 into the Canadian wilderness. For non fiction, though possibly difficult to find, I'd recommend Douglas Adams's Last Chance to See. It's a series of stories of his trips to see endangered animals all around the world. Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden has been my favourite book of the summer. It takes you back and forth from Europe during World War 2 into the Canadian wilderness. For non fiction, though possibly difficult to find, I’d recommend Douglas Adams’s Last Chance to See. It’s a series of stories of his trips to see endangered animals all around the world.

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