Archive for June, 2008
The Grand Tour
Monday, June 23rd, 2008The tour next year will cover much the same ground that is traditionally associated with the Grand Tour, a rite of young European aristocrats that dates back several centuries. It’s exemplified by George Gordon, Lord Byron, in his epic poem Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (full text of the poem). The New York Times’ Frugal Traveler elaborates [...]
Work Your Way Around the World
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008It was way back in 1992 that a then friend started me thinking about leaving Tucson for the wide world. He recommended a book, Work Your Way Around the World, that has suggestions for financing world travel by working in the places you visit, among them finding work as an extra in the Hong Kong [...]