Whenever I return to New York after traveling overseas, the city becomes my home (again), and invariably also my comfort food -- the tastes, smells and sounds of a larger world reminding me that it's going to be O.K. if I don't get back out there and travel again right away. ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Whenever I return to New York after traveling overseas, the city becomes my home (again), and invariably also my comfort food -- the tastes, smells and sounds of a larger world reminding me that it's going to be O.K. if I don't get back out there and travel again right away. ...One for the Road: Realities of Foreign Service Life
Jessica Hayden had been married less than 3 months when she moved half way around the world with her new husband, and soon found herself in a tent in the middle of Kyrgyzstan, heavily sedated on pain killers and hooked up to a WWII style medical contraption. It sounds like ...One for the Road: Vroom By the Sea
Australian travel writer Peter Moore, author of memorable titles such as No Shitting in the Toilet and The Full Montezuma has a new book out that was just released downunder: Following on the success of Vroom with a View, comes Vroom by the Sea: the sunny parts of Italy on a ...One for the Road: Moon Belize
Moon has released updated editions of several Central American titles this fall. We've mentioned their Guatemala and Costa Rica handbooks already, and will highlight another new release today: Joshua Berman's Moon Belize has been nominated for Planeta's Book of the Year ...One for the Road: Frommer's Barcelona Day by Day
Catalan bread, paella and copious amounts of Spanish wine -- food is what first comes to mind when I think of my past visits to Barcelona. (Tip: I had several scrumptious meals at vegetarian gem Venus.) Then there is the inviting Mediterranean breeze, the winding stone ...One for the Road: Blue Horizons - Dispatches from Distant Seas
The National Outdoor Book Awards announced their 2007 winners this week, and Blue Horizons - Dispatches from Distant Seas was honored in the Outdoor Literature category. Released in 2006, this collection of sailing stories shares personal stories of inner journeys, and ...One for the Road: Around the World - The Grand Tour in Photo Albums
Long before the birth of travel blogs, online trip journals or digital cameras, there were photo albums and paper scrapbooks. Remember those? Sure you do, and of course, plenty of folks still use these traditional forms to chronicle and capture their travels. But today's ...One for the Road: A Tale of 12 Kitchens
This cookbook gem came out last year but, I stumbled across some rave reviews recently, and thought it deserved a mention, especially as the holiday cooking season heats up! A Tale of 12 Kitchens: Family Cooking in Four Countries follows Jake Tilson on food adventures around ...One for the Road: The Unheard
A few weeks ago I heard Josh Swiller speak about his new memoir on NPR, and I've been meaning to mention it ever since. The Unheard: A Memoir of Deafness and Africa is Swiller's account of his experiences as a hearing-impaired American serving in the Peace Corps in Zambia. ...One for the Road: Maps - Finding Our Place in the World
Since geography is a theme that will get extra notice this week, I went with a cartographic selection for today's book. Maps: Finding Our Place in the World is a new book that accompanies the current exhibit of the same name at Chicago's Field Museum. The book introduces ...Lonely Planet Bluelist 2008
Travel book listmania continues this month with the release of Lonely Planet's third edition of their popular Bluelist book. In addition to the usual collection of "best travel experiences" (like "Great River Trips" and "Food Wonderlands of the world"), the book prominently ...One for the Road: Great Hostels USA
I've only stayed at one hostel in the USA. But I plan to visit more in the years to come. Which is why I was happy to come across Colleen Norwine's Great Hostels USA. Although it's a bit dated now (published in 2005), it is still a good resource to consider if you plan to do ...One for the Road: The Practical Nomad
Ed Hasbrouck is a seasoned world traveler and expert on international airfares and travel technology. His Practical Nomad website and blog are loaded with resources about passports and the latest on RFID chips, making changes to airline flights or tickets, and important ...One for the Road: Where to Go When
Here's yet another big bound book full of ideas about when and where to set off on an adventure. The key word here is When. DK's Eyewitness Travel has compiled Where to Go When: The Best Destinations All Year Round. Consultant Editor Joseph Rosendo and a team of travel ...Travel book reviews transport readers farther and save time
If you read One for the Road on a regular basis, you'll note that it's pretty obvious how much I enjoy reading and writing about travel literature, guidebooks and memoirs. One of the reasons I love tracking travel books so much is that you never quite know where an ...One for the Road: Frommer's Expands Guides for South America
As travel to South America continues to grow in popularity, so do the guidebooks! Earlier this year Frommer's released new versions of guides that were formerly combined in one book. Frommer's Argentina and Frommer's Chile & Easter Island are two first edition ...One for the Road: Women Travelers - A Century of Trailblazing Adventures, 1850-1950
Earlier this week I mentioned a book by U.K. imprint Virago that celebrates women travelers of the past. And today I've learned of another book, (this time from French publisher Flammarion) that pays tribute to female explorers who ventured out in years gone by: Women ...One for the Road: First-Time Africa
Planning a first visit to Africa should not be a scary thing. But, as Jens Finke says in his introduction to First-Time Africa, a first trip to the continent can indeed be "a daunting prospect." This new book seems like a smart first step for travelers embarking on an ...One for the Road: Whatever You Do, Don't Run
Australian Peter Allison is a safari guide who has spent much of the last twelve years leading eco-tourism trips in Africa. This past summer, The Lyons Press published his memoir, a collection of hilarious True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide: Whatever You Do, Don't Run ...One for the Road: Two new Costa Rica guides from Moon
Earlier this fall Moon released two updated guides to Costa Rica. The 6th edition of the handbook to Costa Rica was written by veteran travel writer Christoper P. Baker, an expert on both Costa Rica and Cuba. Baker won the 2006 Lowell Thomas Award for best guidebook for a ...
