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    Slow Trains to Venice: A Love Letter to Europe
    Slow Trains to Venice: A Love Letter to Europe
    Slow Trains to Venice: A Love Letter to Europe
    Audiobook10 hours

    Slow Trains to Venice: A Love Letter to Europe

    Written by Tom Chesshyre

    Narrated by David Thorpe

    4.5/5

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    • History

    • Train Travel

    • Tourism

    • Travel

    • Architecture

    • Journey of Self-Discovery

    • Cultural Exploration

    • Fish Out of Water

    • Slow Travel

    • Self-Discovery

    • Star-Crossed Lovers

    • Personal Transformation

    • Cultural Clash

    • Political Unrest

    • Journey & the Destination

    • Trains

    • Personal Growth

    • Literature

    • Adventure

    • European Politics

    About this audiobook

    Escaping the rat race for a few happy weeks, Tom Chesshyre indulges in the freedom of the tracks. From France (dogged by rail worker strikes), through Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Poland he goes, travelling as far east as Odessa by the Black Sea in Ukraine. With no set plans, simply a desire to let the trains lead the way, his trip takes him onwards via Hungary, the Balkans and Austria. Along the way he enjoys many an encounter, befriending fellow travellers as well as a conductor or two. This is a love letter to Europe, written from the trackside.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSoundings
    Release dateJan 1, 2020
    ISBN9781407985152
    Slow Trains to Venice: A Love Letter to Europe
    Author

    Tom Chesshyre

    Tom Chesshyre is a travel journalist based in London and the author of How Low Can You Go? Round Europe for 1p Each Way (Plus Tax), which sold over 10,000 copies (Hodder, 2007). Currently staff travel writer for The Times, he has previously worked for Cambridge Evening News, Sporting Life, Sky Sports and The Daily Telegraph and writes frequently for the Mail on Sunday.

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      Enjoyable travelogue. Gives a good sense of the places visited