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Travel broadens the mind?...
They said it...
They say travel broadens the mind…but you must have the mind.
G.K. Chesterton
One of the symptoms of approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important, and that to take a holiday would bring all kinds of disaster.
Bertrand Russell
The Devil himself had probably redesigned Hell in the light of information he had gained from observing airport layouts.
Anthony Price
We’re all going on a summer holiday.
Cliff Richard
Bexley libraries have a great selection of books to choose from – travel guides about places to visit, and travellers’ tales by people who’ve already been there! Call in to take a look.
Discover some of England’s `best bits` by book ~
Try some of these travel guides
(And don’t forget, you’ll find lots more on the shelves of your local library)
Go on – grab that rug, put some warm tea in your thermos flask, sand in your sandwiches, click on the cover and you’re away!...
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Travellers' tales
Bill Bryson remains the doyen of travel writers, and the most borrowed author from our Travellers’ Tales selections:
If you’ve not tried any of his books yet, you really must!
Australia has more things that can kill you than anywhere else. Nevertheless, Bill Bryson journeyed to the country and promptly fell in love with it. The people are cheerful, their cities are clean, the beer is cold and the sun nearly always shines
A travel book in which the author journeys from Hammerfest, the northernmost town on the European continent, to Istanbul. In doing so he retraces his steps as a student 20 years before, visiting many countries, including Norway, France and Italy
In Notes From a Small Island, Bryson, who moved to England from the USA seventeen years ago and settled in North Yorkshire with his family, turns an affectionate but ironic eye on his adopted country.
You may already have your own favourite series of travel guide with which you are familiar, but Bexley libraries can offer you some alternatives, too – travel guides can cover the same place, but with very different perspectives!
Eyewitness Guides The presentation is usually excellent - cutaways of buildings, colourful 3-D maps and sumptuous photographs etc – often used as a `memento` of places you’ve seen
