Product Description

Better than guidebooks, these first-person accounts paint vivid pictures of a traveler's experience in Spain. Like familiar music and favorite scents, they'll awaken a taste for adventure in those who have yet to travel, and bring back memories for those who have. Romance, surprise, discovery and wisdom all bubble through these authors' inviting pieces.

Dive into Spain with these fresh storytellers and
* Run with the bulls in Pamplona, or stumble across romance there instead
* Trek 600 miles on the Camino de Santiago and discover your inner strength
* Throw your share of 90,000 pounds of tomatoes in Europe's biggest food fight at Buñol
* Lose your wallet, your passport, your entire pack--or maybe just your old ways of thinking

Whether it's dancing flamenco in Granada, sleeping beneath the stars on a Barcelona beach, or driving a stick-shift through Andalusia, this collection of youthful adventures (and misadventures) will keep aspiring and experienced travelers laughing, cringing, and turning the pages for more.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #568181 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Review
"An inspiration and a springboard." -- Rick Steves

"The work is intended to go deeper than a typical travel guidebook." -- The Boston Globe

"They're riveting because they are real." -- The Seattle Times

"What you learn is that travel puts you in situations you could never imagine." -- The Los Angeles Times

Customer Reviews

A good book for your backpack!
I received a copy of this book recently from a friend who knows that it is one of my life's goals to visit Spain. Being that the book is small and an easy read, I bumped it to the top of my reading list.

Normally, when planning a trip to another country we buy a travel guide to aid us in finding those well known (and maybe not so well known) places that are must sees for you trip. This book, however, gives you first hand accounts from travelers to different areas of Spain. The topics cover trips to Barcelona, Pamplona, Madrid, Valencia and more. Some of my favorites include a tale of unexpected romance (Running For the Boy) in Pamplona; a horrifying yet funny trip to the beach (What I Learned About Coleoptra By Having a Few Climb Up My Shorts) in Andalusia; and using conversational English to aquire a free trip to a village outside of Madrid (Talking My Way Into Spain). The stories give you a view of Spain from the travelers that a travel guide will not.

I recommend this collection of stories for the would-be traveler as a supplement to the usual travel guides one tends to buy for their trips.