Tips & Reviews

Timeline by Michael Crichton I first visited Costa Rica in March of 1993 and I did so by bicycle. I can still picture my ride at the end of Arenal Lake after a long, beautiful day with the lake’s namesake… Read full article

2005 Race Companion by Bob Roll and Dan Koeppel A year ago, we reviewed the first edition of this fine introduction to The Race. Rick offered this opinion:   Avid fans… will find most of this old hat. But those… Read full article

The Venetian Empire by Jan Morris Reviewed by Rick Price, Ph.D. Reading for your Greece, Bike, Walk, and Cruise Trip I enjoy popular history books by good travel writers and Jan Morris qualifies.  His short paperback volume on the Venetian… Read full article

As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee (Atheneum, 1969) Moment of War: A Memoir of the Spanish Civil War by Laurie Lee (New Press, Reprint Edition, 1994)… Read full article

Off the Road: A Modern Day Walk Down the Pilgrim’s Route into Spain by Jack Hitt Off the Road is often called "irreverent" as Hitt makes fun of himself and others as pilgrims. Yet most of the pilgrims he meets… Read full article

Pride of Carthage, A Novel of Hannibal by David Anthony Durham Public policy generally changes slowly and reluctantly. Major changes, however, often occur in response to sudden catastrophic or cataclysmic events that act as catalysts for change. You needn’t search… Read full article

John Wayne, Harley Davidson, Peanuts, McDonald’s, Route 66, James Dean, Babe Ruth, Ford, and many, many more, including, last but not least, “Schwinn Built” bicycles make up a list of indisputable cultural icons that help to define this country. But… Read full article

Pelle the Conqueror/ Smilla’s Sense of Snow/Babette’s Feast   Pelle the Conqueror by Martin Anderson Nexö (Fjord Press, first printed 1906) Smilla’s Sense of Snowby Peter Hoeg (Delta; Reprint edition)   Babette’s Feast by Baronness Karen Blixen (aka Isak Dinesen… Read full article

Tour Leader Cristina Taioli publishes her travel essay: "Una Romagnola sul Kilimangiaro" Most ExperiencePlus! tour leaders work only part time for us. When they are not leading tours they are traveling the world to expand their own horizons. In 2004… Read full article

Around the World on Two Wheels: Annie Londonderry’s Extraordinary Ride, by Peter Zheutlin Peter Zheutlin, Annie Londonderry’s great-great nephew, has written a masterful homage to his great-great aunt, while recounting the extraordinary “ride” of a remarkable woman. Annie Cohen was… Read full article

Race Book Reviews We hope you’ll be able to join us in France next summer for the 101st anniversary of The Race. If you are able to come, then the selection of readings in my review this month will help… Read full article

Imagining History: Imagining Argentina & Chile This list of three movies and one just-published novel that are about as good a starter set as you could find for Chile and Argentina.   The Mission (1986) by Roland Joffe; Evita (1996)… Read full article