Europe Travel

Not many Brits move to Poland to work in a fish and chip shop. Fewer still come back wanting to be a Member of the European Parliament. In 2016, Ben Aitken moved to Poland while he still could. It wasn’t love that took him but curiosity: he wanted to know what the Poles in the UK had left behind. He flew to a place he’d never heard of and then accepted a job in a chip shop on the minimum wage. When he wasn’t peeling potatoes he was on the road scratching the country’s surface.

George Murray Levick was the physician on Robert Falcon Scott's tragic Antarctic expedition of 1910. Marooned for an Antarctic winter, Levick passed the time by becoming the first man to study penguins up close. His findings were so shocking to Victorian morals that they were quickly suppressed and seemingly lost to history.

Ein literarischer Streifzug durch Europa: Washington Irving bezaubert mit seinem Bericht über die Alhambra vor Ausbruch des modernen Massentourismus. Charles Dickens rumpelt in einer Kutsche durch Frankreich. Mit Johann Wolfgang von Goethe reisen wir italienisch nach Rom und Neapel; Johann Gottfried Seume "spaziert" nach Syrakus. Der englische Bergsteiger Edward Whymper erklimmt das Matterhorn. Frisch umweht es Ida Pfeiffer in Island und Schweden. Gewohnt abenteuerlustig zieht Fridtjof Nansen auf Schneeschuhen durch die Gebirge Norwegens. Theodor von Kobbe besucht Königsberg und Danzig, zu seiner Zeit deutsche Städte.

For centuries the Alps have seen the march of armies, the flow of pilgrims and Crusaders, the feats of mountaineers and the dreams of engineers - and some 14 million people live among their peaks today. In The Alps, Stephen O'Shea takes listeners up and down these majestic mountains, journeying through their 500-mile arc across France, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria, and Slovenia.

Best-selling author Christopher Winn takes us on a captivating journey around London to discover the unknown tales of our capital's history. Travelling through the villages and districts that make up the world's most dynamic metropolis, I Never Knew That About London unearths the hidden gems of legends, firsts, inventions, adventures and birthplaces that shape the city's compelling and at times turbulent past.

Fuelled by a degree of mid-life crisis and the need to escape, albeit temporarily, the dull routine of modern life, David and Rob set out to walk from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, taking in French villages, beautiful scenery, and one of the most spectacular mountain ranges in Europe. Just about perfect – if you can put aside the inevitable conflict, drama, and unexpected tedium that results from two men spending over seven solid weeks in each other’s company!

Audiolibro de la nueva edición en la que se incorpora dos tramos nuevos del Camino: Desde Saint Jean Pied de Port-Roncesvalles y Somport-Jaca hasta Compostela y Finisterre. Emprende tu viaje desde Saint Jean Pied de Port-Roncesvalles y Somport-Jaca, por las cumbres y montañas aragonesas y navarras, hasta donde los caminos se hacen uno, los repechos de los campos riojanos, los solitarios paisajes y páramos castellanos, burgaleses, palentinos y leoneses, hasta las costas gallegas.

In Polish: Jacek Hugo-Bader once again embarks on a trip around Poland. He returns to matters, events, and places from 20-30 years ago. He meets with the people from the front pages of Gazeta Wyborcza: bandits, bums, converted, rednecks, and chosen - this is the face of modern Poland which is so easy to turn one's back to. The reporter discovers that his previous writings about these people were dwarfed by the stories which life wrote for them.

Explore the magic of Poland and learn a little something along the way about this European country - the people, the history, the music, the places to visit and much, much more. A perfect book to use in a book report for school or beginner reading program that is educational.

When Ben Coates injures his leg and needs to rebuild his strength by walking, he finds himself presented with an exciting opportunity: to rediscover the city he has been working in for over a decade, at a slower pace. He devises ten walks, each demonstrating a different chapter of Amsterdam's history, from its humble beginnings in the early 1200s as a small fishing community through two Golden Ages, fueled by the growth of the Dutch colonial empire, two world wars, and countless reinventions.

À la fin du XVIIIe siècle ils étaient trois à rêver, avec leur œuvre, d’atteindre les sommets, d'atteindre le firmament : Mozart et sa « Petite musique de nuit », les frères Montgolfier et leur ballon. Hélas la petite sonate ne fut jouée qu’après la mort de l’auteur, et c’est Pilâtre de Rozier qui s’envola à la place des deux frères!

An Landschaft und Kultur ist der Camino del Norte entlang der spanischen Nordküste so vielfältig wie kaum ein anderer Weg. Die Pilgertour führt durch Naturschutzgebiete, über kilometerlange Strände und in mittelalterliche Städte. Doch Vorsicht vor den Pilgern! Man lernt Menschen kennen, denen man im realen Leben nie begegnen würde. Die Wanderung beginnt in Begleitung eines belgischen Ex-Soldaten, der als Türsteher eines Swingerclubs arbeitet. Viele spanische Junkies und Chicas sind unterwegs sowie Pilger aus Frankreich, Deutschland und Dänemark.

The Tour of Flanders is Belgium's most brutal day in the saddle. The bike-crazed Flemish don't just send riders over cobblestone roads. Nor are they content to break the racers' legs with nearly 20 steep hills. No, the worst of all cycling worlds meet in Flanders with narrow, vertical roads paved with slippery, dangerous cobbles. The hills are so steep they are called "muurs", or walls, and they come one after another, for hours, until the riders are shattered with exhaustion. The Tour of Flanders is so fiendishly difficult that the man who wins it earns everlasting fame.

The author guides us through every corner of this fascinating region, where they have spent much of their time over many years. Catalonia's Costa Brava provides stunning views, as the Mediterranean waves clash with the jagged coastline. Catelonia is marked by breathtaking cliffs, expanses of beaches, and the thriving, hip seaside city of Barcelona. In the Navarre region, men taunt large, dangerous animals for Pamplona's annual Running of the Bulls. Andorra is its own little world, and not just because it's a 290-square-mile independent principality.

Greater Than a Tourist - Crete Greece, by Veronika Kunstovic, offers a closer look into the amazing beauty of the largest Greek island.

Greater Than a Tourist - Plovdiv, Bulgaria by Monika Moreva offers the inside scoop on Bulgaria. This book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. In this audiobook, you will discover advice that will help you throughout your stay. This book will not tell you exact addresses or store hours but instead will give you excitement and knowledge from a local that you may not find in other smaller travel books.

Greater Than a Tourist: Kyiv, Ukraine offers the inside scoop on Kyiv. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. As part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. Travel like a local. Slow down, stay in one place, and get to know the people and the culture.

In this guide, you'll discover local advice that will help you throughout your stay in Sofia, Bulgaria. It will not tell you exact addresses or store hours but instead will give you an excitement and knowledge from a local that you may not find in other travel guides. Travel like a local. Slow down, stay in one place, and get to know the people and the culture of a place. By the time you finish listening, you will be eager and prepared to travel to your next destination.

Greater Than a Tourist: Geneva, Switzerland by Amali Kartika offers the inside scoop on Geneva. As a part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this audiobook will give you tips from someone who lives at your next travel destination. In this audiobook, you'll discover local advice that will help you throughout your trip.Travel like a local. Slow down and get to know the people and the culture of a place. By the time you finish this audiobook, you will be eager and prepared to travel to your next destination.

Kornelimünster – die malerische Ortschaft an der Inde ist mit der Abtei unzertrennlich verbunden, die Geschicke der beiden sind eng miteinander verflochten, so dass es unmöglich ist, sie voneinander getrennt zu betrachten. Da kann schon mal passieren, dass ein Abt getötet wird, die Kühe sich ineinander verlieben, römisch-germanische Vergangenheit ihre Schatten in die Gegenwart wirft und fromme Anlässe zu gar unfrommen Taten verleiten.