Europe Travel

Can two friends ski across Greenland in the Arctic late in life? Terry Williams and Aaron Linsdau were one of the oldest teams ever to ski across the Greenland Ice Cap unsupported. They trekked over 300 miles of frozen Arctic wastelands using compasses to guide them. Crossing fresh polar bear tracks reminded them that they were not alone. “Well, you wanted adventure!” Terry, 68 years old, and Aaron, 49 years old, had their tent nearly buried during one brutal storm. They faced the ultimate challenge of friendship in the harshest environments on Earth. The pair was absolutely reliant on ...

Greater Than a Tourist: Budapest Hungary by Isabella Beham offers the inside scoop on Budapest. Most travel books tell you how to sight-see. Although there's nothing wrong with that, as a part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this audiobook will give you tips from someone who lives at your next travel destination. You'll discover local advice that will help you throughout your trip. Travel like a local. Slow down and get to know the people and the culture of a place.

Dave Seminara created his first international incident in 1986—provoking outrage among the Maltese by dressing up like Colonel Muammar Gaddafi while representing the tiny, Catholic island nation during an 8th grade model U.N. exercise. Since then, he has spent much of his adult life trying to understand Europe. Bed, Breakfast & Drunken Threats: Dispatches from the Margins of Europe is a new collection of 31 travel stories that chronicle this quest. Traveling as a backpacker, an American diplomat posted on the Continent, and later as a roving journalist, Seminara’s European adventures ...

Greater Than a Tourist - Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina, by Sabanovic Nihada, offers the inside scoop on Sarajevo. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Travelling the world on a budget may seem impossible, but armed with this 50 Things to Know to Travel on a Budget audiobook and the right attitude, you will soon be on your way. Knowing how to get the most from your money isn’t about giving up the good stuff. Once you know where to make smarter choices and how to effectively integrate those choices into your travels, your budget will never hold you back again.

In this extraordinary work of narrative reportage, Kapka Kassabova returns to Bulgaria to explore the border it shares with Turkey and Greece. When she was a child, the border zone was rumored to be an easier crossing point into the West than the Berlin Wall, and it swarmed with soldiers and spies. On holidays in the "Red Riviera" on the Black Sea, she remembers playing on the beach only miles from a bristling electrified fence whose barbs pointed inward toward the enemy: the citizens of the totalitarian regime.

John Hooper's marvelously entertaining and perceptive new book is ideal for anyone seeking to understand contemporary Italy and the unique character of the Italians. Looking at the facts that lie behind and often belie the stereotypes, his revealing book sheds new light on many aspects of Italian life: football and Freemasonry, sex, symbolism, and the reason Italian has twelve words for a coat hanger yet none for a hangover.

No. 1 Best Seller in French Travel, Greek Travel, Sicily Travel, Middle Eastern Travel, Humor Essays, Road Travel and Food, Lodging & Transportation for Travel. This light and lively travel memoir chronicles a lifetime of humorous and hair-raising travel misadventures. Join this family for a fun romp through life as they encounter more than their fair share of strife and scrapes around the globe. They stumble through Canada, Europe, Southeast Asia and Oman, flinging sausages and car parts, evading jails, abduction and wild creatures. Will they continue to survive the perils, despite their ...

Unleash the full potential of your trip to Italy with this ultimate guide, showcasing the most exquisite and unforgettable experiences the country has to offer. From stunning landscapes to mouth-watering cuisine, and from luxurious resorts to charming boutique hotels, this book has got you covered.

Ever have to give a high school public speech? Hayley does. In front of a Prince no less. As Hayley polishes off her Building Blocks of DNA speech, an idea hits her: Use the hot, visiting royal prince in her demonstration. Stand close to his highness—the untouchable. Go over his traits. Touch him. Win the crowd. Stomp all over Trallwyn Prep. Yes! The more she talks, the closer she comes to exposing a hurricane-sized secret--the stunning European prince may not be a prince at all. In fact, a fellow Trallwyn High School senior may be the true heir to the throne. Saying, “I’m sorry” ...

Turkey's greatest living novelist guides us through the monuments and lost paradises, dilapidated Ottoman villas, back streets, and waterways of Istanbul - the city of his birth and the home of his imagination.

In 2011, a young wolf named Slavc set out from Slovenia. Tracked by GPS, he travelled a thousand miles through the Alps, arriving four months later on the Lessinian plateau, north of Verona. There had been no wolves in northern Italy for a century, but here he crossed paths with a female wolf on a walkabout of her own. A decade later and there are more than a hundred wolves back in the area, the result of their remarkable meeting. In Lone Wolf, Weymouth walks Slavc's path, examining the changes facing these wild corners of Europe.

Embark on an unforgettable journey through Portugal with our comprehensive travel guide, meticulously crafted to enhance every step of your adventure. Whether you're drawn to the historic charm of Lisbon, the sun-kissed beaches of the Algarve, or the picturesque vineyards of the Douro Valley, our guide is your trusted companion, offering invaluable insights and expert recommendations to help you make the most of your visit.

En agosto de 1928, Manuel Chaves se embarca en un viaje en avión por Europa con la finalidad de escribir una serie de reportajes para el periódico del que es redactor jefe, Heraldo de Madrid. De Madrid a Bakú, pasando por Berlín y Leningrado: del Mediterráneo al Caspio. Chaves fue pionero en utilizar los adelantos técnicos de la época, como el avión, para ofrecer a sus lectores testimonios de primera mano sobre la situación política y social de algunos de los principales países europeos.

Spain is an immemorial land like no other, one that James A. Michener, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author and celebrated citizen of the world, came to love as his own. Iberia is Michener’s enduring nonfiction tribute to his cherished second home. In the fresh and vivid prose that is his trademark, he not only reveals the celebrated history of bullfighters and warrior kings, painters and processions, cathedrals and olive orchards, he also shares the intimate, often hidden country he came to know, where the congeniality of living souls is thrust against the dark weight of history.

Greater Than a Tourist: Hamburg, Germany by Nicola Coutinho offers the inside scoop on Hamburg. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there's nothing wrong with that, as a part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this audiobook will give you travel tips from someone who lives at your next travel destination. In this audiobook, you'll discover local advice that will help you throughout your stay.

El Orient-Express fue durante décadas el símbolo de una Europa diversa llena de diversos personajes, olores, colores y sabores, unidos por este tren que, más que un medio de transporte, fue una forma extraordinaria de civilización y entendimiento entre los pueblos. Mauricio Wiesenthal, con su prosa envolvente y fragante, nos transporta a países y estaciones.

A celebration of 25 years of Provençal living - of lessons learned and changes observed - with his final book, Peter Mayle has crafted a lasting love letter to his adopted home, marked by his signature warmth, wit, and humor.

Greater Than a Tourist - Thessaloniki, Greece by Christina-Maria Amanatiadou offers the inside scoop on Thessaloniki. In this audiobook, you will discover advice that will help you throughout your stay. This book will not tell you exact addresses or store hours but instead will give you excitement and knowledge from a local that you may not find in other small travel books.

Greater than a Tourist Barcelona, Spain by Author Harrison Callaghan offers the inside scoop on Barcelona. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.