Slow Train to Switzerland: One Tour, Two Trips, 150 Years and a World of Change Apart by Bewes, Diccon

Slow Train to Switzerland: One Tour, Two Trips, 150 Years and a World of Change Apart

"Bewes' breezy prose makes him a pleasant traveling companion ... he clearly knows Switzerland inside and out."...
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Author: Diccon Bewes
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Language: English
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Slow Train to Switzerland: One Tour, Two Trips, 150 Years and a World of Change Apart by Bewes, Diccon

Slow Train to Switzerland: One Tour, Two Trips, 150 Years and a World of Change Apart

Dhs. 77.93

Slow Train to Switzerland: One Tour, Two Trips, 150 Years and a World of Change Apart

Dhs. 77.93
Author: Diccon Bewes
Format: Paperback
Language: English
"Bewes' breezy prose makes him a pleasant traveling companion ... he clearly knows Switzerland inside and out." - The SpectatorIn June 1863 an English lady set off by train on the trip of a lifetime: Thomas Cook's first Conducted Tour of Switzerland. A century and a half later, travel writer Diccon Bewes, author of the bestselling Swiss Watching, decided to go where she went and see what she saw.

Guided by her diary, he followed the same route to discover how much had changed and how much hadn't. She went in search of adventure, he went in search of her, and found far more than he expected. Slow Train to Switzerland is the captivating account of two trips through the Alps: hers glimpsing the future of travel, his revisiting its past. Together they make a journey to remember.

This is a tale of trains and tourists, of the British and the Swiss, of a Victorian traveller and a modern-day Englishman abroad. It is the story of a tour that changed both Switzerland and the world of travel forever.

Author: Diccon Bewes
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Published: 08/29/2017
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781857886511

About the Author
Diccon Bewes is a travel writer. A world trip set him up for a career in travel writing, via the scenic route of bookselling. After ten years at Lonely Planet and Holiday Which? Magazine, he decamped to Switzerland, where he managed the Stauffacher English Bookshop in Bern. In addition to grappling with German, re-learning to cross the road properly, and overcoming his desires to form an orderly line, he has spent years exploring Switzerland. Following the incredible success of Swiss Watching he is now a full-time writer. See his website at www.dicconbewes.com


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