The Search Begins

In anticipation of our choir tour to Eastern Europe next summer, I've started my travel research. About a month ago, my usually relaxing trips to B&N or Borders became crazed missions for literature on Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. I started in the travel section but realized I wanted more of a feel for the culture and the people than I would find in most tour guide books (I'll save this category for spring). Next, I moved down the aisle to the memoirs of other travelers. I found a zillion good memoirs related to France and Italy, but none for Eastern Europe. However, I did find Fly Solo: The 50 Best Places on Earth for a Girl to Travel Alone by Teresa Rodriguez Williamson. There are three of our cities included in the guide Berlin, Budapest and Prague. Williamson provides much of the same information a typical guide book gives but with lots of practical advice that only a local would know. At our next choir meeting, I'll be sharing this information with my fellow travelers - don't want to break any copyright laws. For the rest of you bloggers, you'll want to check it out at your local bookstore. If anyone knows a good memoir on the above areas + Krakow, please share. p.s. I did find some good historical fiction books but I'll save those for another post.