figurines & knick knacks
neither here nor there travels in europe
p like many of his generation bill bryson backpacked across europe in the early seventies in search of enlightenment beer and women . twenty years later he decided to retrace the journey he undertook in the halcyon days of his youth . the result is neither here nor there an affectionate and riotously funny pilgrimage from the frozen wastes of scandinavia to the chaotic tumult of istanbul with stops along the way in europes most diverting and historic locales . like many of his generation bill bryson backpacked across europe in the early seventies in search of enlightenment beer and women . twenty years later he decided to retrace the journey he undertook in the halcyon days of his youth . the result is neither here nor there an affectionate and riotously funny pilgrimage from the frozen wastes of scandinavia to the chaotic tumult of istanbul with stops along the way in europes most diverting and historic locales .
an entertaining account of a european trip blends anecdotes with worldly insights as the author describes the bleak lands of norway the exotic scenes of istanbul and the cities of paris amsterdam copenhagen stockholm rome geneva and vienna . reissue . lj .