Rick Steves’ Guidebooks for Berlin and Iceland

October 2, 2018 by Christina

Last month, my family and I spent a week in the capital of Germany followed by a week driving the Ring Road of Iceland. Whenever I travel to Europe, I like to utilize Rick Steves’ guidebooks as I find his books to be informative, well-formatted, and filled with walking tours of the featured destinations. The latter part is a particularly important aspect of a guidebook for me as I find walking to be one of the best ways to see […]

Categories: 2018 Reads, Europe, Germany, Iceland, Nonfiction, Travel • Tags: Cameron Hewitt, Ian Watson, Rick Steves

Southeast Asia Guidebooks

April 11, 2018 by Christina

‘Bangkok City Guide’ by Andrew Burke and Austin Bush. Nonfiction — print. Lonely Planet, 2010. 304 pgs. Library copy. ‘Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos’ by David W. Lloyd with Andrew Spooner. Nonfiction — print. Footprint Handbooks, 2015. 576 pgs. Library copy. The first leg of my upcoming trip to southeast Asia — or second, if you count a twelve hour layover in Hong Kong — will be centered around the capital of Thailand, Bangkok. Burke and Bush’s guidebook — written under the […]

Categories: 2018 Reads, Asia, Chunkster, Nonfiction, Travel, Vietnam • Tags: Andrew Burke, Andrew Spooner, Austin Bush, David W. Lloyd

The Voice of Asia by James A. Michener

February 28, 2018 by Christina

Nonfiction — print. Random House, 1951. 338 pgs. Purchased.  Before embarking on any trip — around the world or within the United States — I always look to see if James A. Michener wrote about the particular place I’m set to visit. I find his multi-generational, fictional stories make the nonfictional history of a particular geography accessible and intriguing in a way that guidebooks cannot. As I will be traveling throughout southeast Asia in April, I looked into Michener’s back […]

Categories: 2018 Reads, Asia, India, Japan, Nonfiction, Thailand, Travel, Vietnam • Tags: James A. Michener

Time Out Shortlist: Dublin

March 8, 2014 by Christina

Nonfiction — print. Time Out Guides, 2009. 160 pgs. Gift. I supplemented the information in this book quite heavily with other guidebooks because I started planning for my trip to Ireland before I received this book for Christmas. I also wanted to travel outside of Dublin in order to see more of Ireland, which the book is obviously not suited for. But I’m always looking for a small guidebook with good maps that I can slip into my purse and […]

Categories: 2014 Reads, Europe, Ireland, Nonfiction, Travel

Seattle City Guide by Becky Ohlsen

July 27, 2012 by Christina

Nonfiction — print. Lonely Planet Publications, 2004. 250 pgs. Purchased. I have been calling Seattle home for the last ten weeks after relocating here for a summer internship. Having only visited the city once before (and even then spending all my time visiting colleges and camping on the San Juan Islands), I knew I had to find a guide to the city in order to find something to fill my time off work. This guidebook — published in 2004 — […]

Categories: 2012 Reads, Nonfiction, North America, Pacific Northwest, Travel, United States • Tags: Becky Ohlsen

Hungary and Poland Guidebooks

March 1, 2011 by Christina

My parents and I decided to visit Hungary next week on a whim. Flying home to Montana from university is both incredibly expensive and time consuming; I can fly from here to London in less time. My mother and I were discussing how much easier it is for me to get to Europe from where I currently live, how we could trade their timeshare for a place in Europe. Hungary was the only place we had not visit previously before, […]

Categories: 2011 Reads, Europe, Hungary, Nonfiction, Poland, Travel • Tags: Cameron Hewitt, Craig Turp, Norm Longley, Rick Steves

London Guidebooks

December 15, 2009 by Christina

I spent one Friday night earlier this month reading the three guide books I brought to school with me last August and planning my trip to London in March 2010 with my father. The trip, which is a combined 18th birthday, graduation, and 2009 Christmas present, has been a dream of mine since I knew where and what London is. Anytime anyone asked why I wanted to go to London, my response was always “I want to see the place […]

Categories: Europe, Nonfiction, Travel, United Kingdom • Tags: Darwin Porter, Richard Jones, Steve Fallon