THE LAST TOURIST - After Thomas Coryat (1577–1617)
Robin Hunt walked across some of Europe in the spring and summer 2007. In 2010 and 2011 he returned to finish the route, the poor man's Grand Tour: here's travel, cities, the country, art, love, literature, mirrors and printing presses. The Old Europe of 1608, the confused New Europe and much in between. The End (of the writing) is in sight...
Saturday, 12 May 2007
The Times is Very Kind
Today there is a piece in The Times of London about me and the trip:
"While my life is weighty (in a not-unpleasant way), his is light."
Great idea. "He plans to scrape by, and rely on the kindness of strangers, if that still exists." For all the iPods and memory sticks, how little the world has changed.
2 comments:
Robin, I hope this is just the beginning of the well-deserved coverage you get for this venture.
Great idea. "He plans to scrape by, and rely on the kindness of strangers, if that still exists." For all the iPods and memory sticks, how little the world has changed.
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