Travel

Travel is the movement of people or objects (such as airplanes, boats, trains and other conveyances) between relatively distant geographical locations. The term "travel" originates from the Old French word travail. Travel writing is a genre that has, as its focus, accounts of real or imaginary places. The genre encompasses a number of styles that may range from the documentary to the evocative, from literary to journalistic, and from the humorous to the serious. Travel writing is often associated with tourism, and includes works of an ephemeral nature such as guide books and reviews, with the ...more

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    Field Guide to the Germans - A Witty and Insightful Guide to German Character, Culture and Quirks: Illustrated With Over 100 Colour Photos - Understanding German Humour, Habits, Values and Traditions
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    I am giving away 10 signed copies of my auto-fiction. Life experiences that will resonate with many. It might make you laugh, cry, even sympathize.

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  • Milo by Dale Weaver
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    Anaïs Nin
    “ We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls. ”
    ― anaïs nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 7: 1966-1974

    Isabelle Eberhardt
    “ Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere. ”
    ― Isabelle Eberhardt, The Nomad: Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt

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