Trip Blog Posts
On Sunday afternoon, fine fall weather broke the gloomy skies we had encountered at the end of the last week and continued with even sunnier skies and warmer temperatures on Tuesday as we drove south of Bayeux about an hour and a half to the storied island abbey of Mont. St. Michel. This monastery fortress [...]
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Armchair Travel
Peter Hessler’s River Town: Two Years On The Yangtze chronicled his stint teaching English to Chinese students in Fuling when he was a Peace Corp volunteer. With Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China’s Past and Present he took a long, hard look at China’s move from its ancient past to its modern, frenetic, Almost-A-Capitalist-Country status. [...]
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