this time a post not about london, but about leaving london and go travelling around the world. a feeling/need lots of londoners have from time to time.
i came across this book in one of the hundreds of newsletters i receive every day and it really caught my attention. the review in the guardian is very good, so i thought it would be a good one to share...
"Nomad's Hotel is a jewel of a travel book, free of pretension, full of easy adventure, fresh with childlike wonder for the world. At its heart is the question of why do we travel? To free ourselves from responsibility? To escape from confronting oneself? Bollocks. When we are away from home, our only constant companion is our self. It is a truth that many of us take years to appreciate. We travel because of learning and contemplation, with curiosity and perplexity, and most of all to know ourselves. As Cees Nooteboom wryly observes, "To live just once is a cruel prison." May he continue to live a dozen lifetimes' journeys for years to come." (Rory MacLean - Guardian review)
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ja compraste?
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