Need something to listen to on your next long flight? What about some inspiration for your next travel adventure? Tripology is easily my favorite travel podcast. I found them through their episode about working holidays visas. The hosts, Adam and Alun, are two best friends who met on the road and their camaraderie is a…
World Travel: An Irreverent Guide by Anthony Bourdain and Laurie Woolever To start with, this book is not by Anthony Bourdain. His assistant, Laurie Woolever pulled this book together from a conversation they had before his death, his work on various TV shows, and some basic research about the places listed. I was excited to…
In anticipation of my trip in March, I’ve been reading as many books as I can get my hands on that were written by Mexican authors or take place in Mexico itself. Here’s a bit of what I’ve been reading!: Gods of Jade and Shadow by Mexican-Canadian author Silvia Moreno Garcia was such a fun…
The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the equatorial pacific by J. Maarten Troost I have seen this book recommended so many times that I really expected to love it, but it fell a little flat. The writing is dry and funny, but pretty often it falls into the trap of being too mean at…
Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults by Jessica Pan and Rachel Kapelke-Dale I was blessed to be turned onto this book by a random post in a traveling book club I follow on Facebook. I never would’ve thought I could enjoy an epistolary novel told through emails, but if my emails…
Whatever You Do, Don’t Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide by Peter Allison I absolutely loved this book! In this collection of essays, Peter Allison tells some hilarious and terrifying stories of being a safari tour guide in Botswana, Africa. This author is what Bill Bryson wants to be but falls so far…
Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson I enjoy Bill Bryson enough to keep reading his books, he’s a staple in the travel memoir genre, but they’re really too much for me. His humor is at times self-deprecating, but often turned against anyone who slightly inconveniences him. His disgust with fat people…
Anywhere But Bordeaux: Adventures of an American Teacher in France by Jacqueline Donnelly If there was ever a book more tailored to me, I haven’t found it. I have been in a bit of a slump lately, even with reading, and the fact of there being no end in sight to the ban on international…
The Path You Make: A woman’s search for purpose walking the Via Francigena from Canterbury to Rome by Kym Wilson As someone who has a dream of walking the Via Francigena one day I expected to absolutely love this book and I was disappointed that I did not. Maybe Kym just used up all the…
From Scratch: A memoir of love, Sicily, and finding home by Tembi Locke A memoir of more than just travel, this book is the very heartbreaking story of actress Tembi Locke and Saro, her Italian chef husband, and his battle with cancer. I was crying from the prologue and cried at just about every section…