Rick Steves' Paris 2007 (Rick Steves)18 reviews
Rick Steves, Steve Smith, ...

Avalon Travel Publishing, 2006

Great Paris guide

+ Excellent and very helpful!
+ This book makes sight seeing fun
+ Excellent guidebook
+ All You've Ever Wanted to Know About Paris...
  
  











  



  
Not So Funny When It Happened: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure (Travelers' Tale)18 reviews

Travelers' Tales, 2006

Either travel fans or those who enjoy humor will love this 'best of' travel writing collection

+ Made me laugh...

Many of the best travel stories have their origins in mishaps, and here to offer up a satisfying dish of events is Not So Funny When It Happened, a survey of the best tales from travelers around the world. These come from Dave Barry, Bill Bryson, Anne Lamott and others: familiar authors whose funny ...
  
  











  



  
Don't Mind Me, I'm Just Passing Through15 reviews
Kregg P J Jorgenson

Outskirts Press, 2007

Awesome book

+ Highest Form of Humor
+ Don't mind me, I'm just passing through!
+ Enjoyable!
+ made me lol
  
  











  



  
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe165 reviews
Bill Bryson

Harper Perennial, 1999

Grouchily amusing.

This was an enjoyable, undemanding read. At his best, Bryson is grouchily funny, though not as hilarious IMO as some other reviews would have you believe. He is better when describing the rough spots of travel than its pleasures. At times, an unattractive whining tone takes over - for instance, ...
  
  











  



  
Queenan Country: A Reluctant Anglophile's Pilgrimage to the Mother Country23 reviews
Joe Queenan

Picador, 2005

funnier, better written, and less mean than Bryson

+ History and a hoot!

Maybe Queenan is no less mean to the Brits than Bryson, but when Bryson gets cranky for the sake of humor in "Notes from a Small Island," it's just not that funny. I couldn't even finish his book while on a trip to England last year. On this year's trip, I brought along "Queenan Country" and loved ...
  
  











  



  
Hold the Enlightenment: More Travel, Less Bliss12 reviews
Tim Cahill

Villard, 2002

Everyman's Guide

+ At His Best
+ Cahill
+ Going to a Higher Consciousness
+ Out Looking for Trouble
  
  











  



  
Don't Mind Me, I'm Just Passing Through15 reviews
Kregg P J Jorgenson

Outskirts Press, 2007

Awesome book

+ Highest Form of Humor
+ Don't mind me, I'm just passing through!
+ Enjoyable!
+ made me lol
  
  











  



  
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe165 reviews
Bill Bryson

Harper Perennial, 1999

Grouchily amusing.

This was an enjoyable, undemanding read. At his best, Bryson is grouchily funny, though not as hilarious IMO as some other reviews would have you believe. He is better when describing the rough spots of travel than its pleasures. At times, an unattractive whining tone takes over - for instance, ...
  
  











  



  
Not So Funny When It Happened: The Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure (Travelers' Tale)18 reviews

Travelers' Tales, 2006

Either travel fans or those who enjoy humor will love this 'best of' travel writing collection

+ Made me laugh...

Many of the best travel stories have their origins in mishaps, and here to offer up a satisfying dish of events is Not So Funny When It Happened, a survey of the best tales from travelers around the world. These come from Dave Barry, Bill Bryson, Anne Lamott and others: familiar authors whose funny ...
  
  











  



  
Rick Steves' Paris 2007 (Rick Steves)18 reviews
Rick Steves, Steve Smith, ...

Avalon Travel Publishing, 2006

Great Paris guide

+ Excellent and very helpful!
+ This book makes sight seeing fun
+ Excellent guidebook
+ All You've Ever Wanted to Know About Paris...
  
  











  



  
Hold the Enlightenment: More Travel, Less Bliss12 reviews
Tim Cahill

Villard, 2002

Everyman's Guide

+ At His Best
+ Cahill
+ Going to a Higher Consciousness
+ Out Looking for Trouble
  
  











  



  
Queenan Country: A Reluctant Anglophile's Pilgrimage to the Mother Country23 reviews
Joe Queenan

Picador, 2005

funnier, better written, and less mean than Bryson

+ History and a hoot!

Maybe Queenan is no less mean to the Brits than Bryson, but when Bryson gets cranky for the sake of humor in "Notes from a Small Island," it's just not that funny. I couldn't even finish his book while on a trip to England last year. On this year's trip, I brought along "Queenan Country" and loved ...