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Tasting Tourism: Travelling for Food and Drink
Along with basic practical reasons, our practices concerning food and drink are driven by context and environment, belief and convention, aspiration and desire to display - in short, by culture. Similarly, culture guides how tourism is used and operates. This book examines food and drink tourism, as it is now and is likely to develop, through a cultural 'lens'. It asks: what is food and drink tourism, and why have food and drink provisions and information points become tourist destinations in their own right, rather than remaining among a number of tourism features and components? While it offers a range of international examples, the main focus is on food and drink tourism in the UK. What with the current diversification of tourism in rural areas, the increased popularity of this type of tourism in the UK, the series of BSE, vCJD and foot and mouth crises in British food production, and the cultural and ethnic fusion in British towns and cities, it makes a particularly rich place in which to explore this subject. The author concludes that the future of food and drink tourism lies in diversity and distinctiveness. In an era of globalisation, there is a particular desire to enjoy varied, rather than mono-cultural ambiance and experience. She also notes that there is an immediacy of gratification in food and drink consumption which has become a general requirement of contemporary society.
Contents: Food and drink, from past to present; Food and drink become a leisure destination; Food for thought and visit; Ripe time for providers; Initiative and opinion; Production and display centres and venues; Outlets and markets; Accommodation; Feeding and drinking; Special events and devices, and resources for education; The wine dimension; From among the Cornucopia; The crop now, and for sowing in future; Bibliography; Index.
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The Rough guide to first-time Europe
This book won't tell you where to go, but it will give you the tools to custom design the best possible journey for your time frame and budget. There are some things, such as rail passes, volunteer projects or cooking courses, that need to be booked in advance. This book will explain which things to plan for, which are best done on the fly, and how to do it. It will also help you pack what you need, so you don't end up carrying around items you never use and give budget tricks and skills so you can save a lot. Essentially, this book contains the sort of information you could probably figure out on your own after about four or five years on the road. Just seems a little easier to get it in an hour or two.
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Europe within Reach
In Europe within Reach Gerrit Verhoeven traces some sweeping evolutions in the early modern travel behaviour of Dutch and Flemish elites (1585-1750), as the classical Grand Tour to Italy was slowly but surely overshadowed by other modes of travelling.
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The rough guide to Europe on a budget
Travel Europe on the cheap with this updated guide, the ideal companion whether you're on a city break, beach vacation, or road trip. The locally based Rough Guides author team introduces the best places to stop and explore, and provides reliable insider tips on topics such as driving on European roads, how to find the best local shops, or where to find safe hostels. You'll find special coverage of European history, art, architecture, and literature, and detailed information on the best markets and shopping for each area.
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Elizabeth Sinkler Coxe's Tales from the Grand Tour, 1890-1910
The international adventures of a southern widow turned patron of historical discovery, Elizabeth Sinkler Coxe's Tales from the Grand Tour, 1890–1910 is a travelogue of captivating episodes in exotic lands as experienced by an intrepid American aristocrat and her son at the dawn of the twentieth century. A member of the prominent Sinkler family of Charleston and Philadelphia, Elizabeth \"Lizzie\" Sinkler married into Philadelphia's wealthy Coxe family in 1870. Widowed just three years later, she dedicated herself to a lifelong pursuit of philanthropy, intellectual endeavor, and extensive travel. Heeding the call of their dauntless adventuresome spirits, Lizzie and her son, Eckley, set sail in 1890 on a series of odysseys that took them from the United States to Cairo, Luxor, Khartoum, Algiers, Istanbul, Naples, Vichy, and Athens. The Coxes not only visited the sites and monuments of ancient civilizations but also participated in digs, funded entire expeditions, and ultimately subsidized the creation of the Coxe Wing of Ancient History at the University of Pennsylvania Museum. A prolific correspondent, Lizzie conscientiously recorded her adventures abroad in lively prose that captures the surreal exhilarations and harsh realities of traversing the known and barely known worlds of Africa and the Middle East. She journeyed through foreign lands with various nieces in tow to expose them to the educational and social benefits of the Grand Tour. Her letters and recollections are complemented by numerous photographs and several original watercolor paintings.
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Europe on a shoestring
Lonely Planet's Europe on a Shoestring is your passport to having big experiences on a small budget, offering the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, what hidden discoveries await you, and how to optimise your budget for an extended continental trip. Hit the streets and free museums of one of the world's greatest capital cities, London; soak up history and art by day and party by night in Berlin; pick your Greek island for fresh food and golden beaches. All with your trusted travel companion.
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Mutual Othering
For the first time, readings of Moroccan travel writing in Arabic
are juxtaposed with French and British writing about Morocco in a
critical exploration of nineteenth-century concepts of modernity.
Ahmed Idrissi Alami investigates the complex dynamics concerning
colonial expansion, military conflict, and societal values.
Mutual Othering sets out to rethink generally accepted
concepts of European modernity by critically examining its
production and contestation within a subaltern context in which the
native other-in this case, religious scholars or imams
accompanying political missions to Paris and London-presents
aspects of European culture to elite members of the Moroccan
imperial court. This work also connects the arguments of these
texts to the rethinking of tradition and modernity, the rhetoric of
reform, democracy and the Arab state, and the compatibility of
Islam with the West and secular values in the post-9/11 world. The
inclusion of citations in the original French and Arabic, alongside
English translations, allows a range of readers to enjoy this
critical addition to the fields of literature, travel writing,
North African studies, history, international relations, and
philosophy, as well as cultural and religious studies.
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Dans la Nuit et le Vent
Une trilogie encensée par la critique ! Marchez sur les traces de Patrick Leigh Fermor et découvrez l'Europe comme vous ne l'aviez jamais imaginée Un matin gris de décembre 1933, le jeune Patrick Leigh Fermor quitte l'Angleterre avec l'idée de traverser l'Europe à pied jusqu'à Constantinople. Une aventure qui sera le grand événement de sa vie et dont il tirera un récit magistral en deux volumes (Le Temps des offrandes et Entre fleuve et forêt), aussitôt reconnus comme des chefs-d'œuvre. Mais plutôt que d'arriver à Constantinople, le second livre s'arrêtait aux gorges du Danube, à la frontière de la Serbie et de la Roumanie. Qu'en était-il de la dernière partie de ce voyage enchanteur au cœur d'une Europe aux portes du cataclysme ? Pendant des années on crut ce troisième manuscrit abandonné, inachevé, voire inexistant. Nombreux sont ceux qui désespéraient de le lire un jour… Puis, miracle, aujourd'hui paraît enfin ce troisième récit, La Route interrompue, inédit, magistral, qui nous mène jusqu'au Mont Athos en Grèce. Presque quatre-vingts ans jour pour jour après que le jeune « Paddy » a pris la route, voici les trois livres réunis sous le titre de Dans la nuit et le vent. Ce livre constitue la première édition intégrale de l'une des œuvres majeures du XXème siècle, un chef-d'œuvre d'humanisme à la rencontre d'un monde disparu, où éclatent l'intelligence, la culture et la passion juvéniles de l'auteur. Les différents tomes sont également disponibles à la vente séparément sous les titres : Le Temps des offrandes, Entre fleuve et forêt et La route interrompue. Un périple passionnant ! CE QU'EN PENSE LA CRITIQUE : Un enchantement de fraîcheur, de drôlerie, d'aventures - Jean d'Ormesson, Le Figaro Magazine Il faut beaucoup de pudeur, peut-être du recul, pour parler aussi bien du bonheur - Nicolas Bouvier, L'Express L'art du voyage, on l'a compris, est
d'abord un art de la digression. Le livre se confond avec le voyage lui-même - Frédéric Vitoux, Le Nouvel Observateur On se laisse conduire avec un plaisir constamment renouvelé par l'art et l'érudition d'un magistral écrivain-voyageur - Jacques Franck, La Libre Belgique Qui se priverait d'un tel livre? - Luis Lema, Le Temps Le plus légendaire des écrivains-voyageurs - Catherine Golliau, Le Point Un chef-d'œuvre du récit de voyage à la britannique - Marc Semo, Libération À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR : Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915-2011) est un écrivain et voyageur anglais, ancien officier des Services spéciaux de l'armée britannique en Crète durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. En dehors de ses voyages, il partagea sa vie entre la Grèce et l'Angleterre. Ses nombreux livres révèlent un écrivain d'une merveilleuse érudition, profondément attaché aux langues et cultures.
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