Tag: Travel book
In praise of travelling: “Of the happiness of being on the road” – Reise
There are quite a few people who are very happy to finally have school behind them. Partly because the world is then open to them. That’s what they’re told at…
travel book "Art Escapes": On the big stage
You can also do without a museum: an illustrated book shows places around the world that present great art in the open air. source site
Illustrated book “Spitzbergen” by Paolo Verzone: the review – journey
There are no natives on Spitsbergen, no ancestral people who would have settled the archipelago for centuries. People only settled on the archipelago, from the northern end of which it…
Travel book about Thomas Bernhard: Nazi in the soup
With Harald Schmidt through the Salzkammergut, on the trail of the food and the inns that were Thomas Bernhard’s second home and inspiration for his plays. Can this go well?…
Italy: Positano’s vanguard
Before it fell into the hands of mass tourism, Positano was home to a notable German artist colony. source site
Berlin: Literary and photographic forays through the capital – journey
Berlin is a busy city. For that she is loved. Because it is constantly on the move, always unfinished, always on the move. And never saturated. Little lasts in the…
Travel book “China. The Illustrated Guide” – the review – journey
As great as the geographical distance is, Giulia Ziggiotti aptly writes in the introduction to her volume with the simple title “China” that China is becoming “economically and culturally ever…
Photo book about Venice: “Dimore Veneziane” – journey
This bulky book is disturbing. Some of the irritations are intended by the photographer Werner Pawlok and the authors of the guest contributions to this Venice illustrated book. Other things…
“Migratory birds” travel book about special railway routes – travel
“Who feels like taking off shoes and belts and throwing away bottles, having to be scanned, stowing prams, losing tablets and enduring all sorts of other controls, when you are…
Travel book “Mountain Girls” on mountain sports among women – travel
Towards the end of the book it’s about: Men. Or how nice it is when you stay in the valley and the women on the mountain are among themselves. Seven…