BETWIXT: Europe

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...

Showing posts with label Thusis. Show all posts

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Friday, 20 August 2010

The Splugen: from Sophie Marceau through Wesley Schneider to Billy Idol, and back

In the only Thusis bar with hints of, er, modernity, it is small, very dark and chalet-ish inside. The outside terrace, part glassed, looks ...

Thursday, 19 August 2010

Thusis and Learning to slow down

Three years ago my progress was pretty stately. Osyters in Whitsable, a night in my father's cottage near Dover, a Channel crossing; Cal...

Wednesday, 18 August 2010

Some thoughts on returning to Tom Coryat's Walk

Three and half years ago when I started this recreation, this walk across Europe, I had a laptop, a portable hard drive, and a lot of materi...

The Letter Goes Out, the rains start pouring in London

Hello everyone, Tomorrow, August 19, I'll be restarting a walk across Europe (with some fuel-powered assistance) that I began in May 200...

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