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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This is a lightweight and engaging travelogue. Miles quits his stockbrokerage job in London and walks with his wife across France along the base of the Pyrenees fom the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. Everyday they average 20 miles and the going is not always easy. His grumpiness toward prickly French proprietors and bad food sometimes reminded me of Theroux. He works in a mere smidgin of history of the area and I wish he had worked in a lot more. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"[A] humorous and effervescent memoir of reflection, revitalization and good wine." -- San Francisco Chronicle At age forty-five, Miles Morland left his high-paying job at the London office of a Wall Street firm and took a leap -- actually, a hike -- into the unknown. A self-described "middle-aged wreck," Miles set out with his wife, Guislaine, to walk across France, from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic. Setting for themselves the goal of twenty miles a day, Miles and Guislaine made their way past farmyards and riverbanks, through dusty village squares and ripening vineyards, into ancient walled cities and over sand dunes. And as the hot, dry countryside unfolded slowly before them, the couple looked back with relief -- and wonder -- at the tense, frenzied corporate life they had left behind. The story of a walk, a marriage, an adventure, and a dream made real, A WALK ACROSS FRANCE marks the debut of an enormously entertaining writer. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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