Neither Here Nor There:: Travels in Europe

Anyone who has been to Europe or dreamed of going will recognize the engaging blend of admiration and fascinated bewilderment that Bryson brings to this sharp and very funny account of a trip around the continent. Blending hilarious anecdotes with droll and worldly insights, he travels from Norway to Istanbul to Rome to Vienna. Maps.
Like many of his generation, Bill Bryson backpacked across Europe in the early seventies - in search of enlightenment, beer and women. Twenty years later, the acclaimed author of NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND and THE MOTHER TONGUE decided to retrace the journey he undertook in the halcyon days of his youth - carrying with him a bag of maps, old clothes