Tag: reading
A reflective time of journeys in the Highlands of Scotland, a story from African legend which made it to enslaved peoples and beyond, travels with unexpected perspectives on food …
Winter. It may or may not be your season or your time for celebrating holidays. It could be a time for gathering, or being on your own, for travel …
It is no accident that Ukraine came to be the name of the area it now designates; going back into history, to the mid-1100s, it has been known by …
Kerry Dexter
December 27, 2021
Africa travel, City or urban travel, encounters, Europe travel, History, Kerry projects, Literary Travel, Travel, travel books, US travel
This time of year and with current travel situation, it could be time to add to your travel bookshelf. Of course, travel through imagination and reading are always good …
Travel by book is a great way to explore. You might mark out plans for a place you are planning on going, or ones you’re dreaming of visiting. Maybe …
Kerry Dexter
March 23, 2020
food & drink, Asia travel, City or urban travel, encounters, Europe travel, Kerry projects, photography, Travel, travel books, travel stories, US travel
Exploring a community, a neighborhood, a whole region, even a country through the tastes of its food brings extra dimension to how you experience and come to know a …
Tudor England: it has been a continuing source of inspiration for film, for novels, for television. Though Tudor monarchs reigned for just a bit over a century, it was …
When you walk up to The Book Lounge at 71 Roeland Street in the Eastern Precinct of Cape Town, you won’t see a flashy sign. You won’t see a welcoming entrance …
In January 1841, a 21-year-old man named Herman Melville set sail out of New Bedford, Massachusetts as part of the crew aboard the whaler Acushnet. His experiences at sea laid …
It is too often the case that those interested in travel writing neglect fiction. Yet we all claim to uphold the definition that travel writing is about “character of …