When Jason Smart decides he wants to visit Western Europe, the main obstacle in his path is the number of countries it contains. From Scandinavia in the north to the sweltering Mediterranean nations of the south, Western Europe contains over twenty different nations, and so he realizes that the only way to see as many of them as possible is to hop, skip and jump between them. One day here, a couple of days there: rapid fire stays in one city after another.
Along the way, Smart battles with a nun in the Vatican, gets lost in a tunnel in Luxembourg, is almost run over by a tram in Lisbon and meets Jesus in a hotel in Madrid. He witnesses the wealth of Monaco, the mountainous beauty of Liechtenstein, the neon of Amsterdam’s red light district and the place witches once gathered in Stockholm. Rapid Fire Europe is a travelogue through twenty-two of the most beautiful cities in Western Europe.
Professional Reviews
I do enjoy these book
Well you know what you re getting with Jason Smarts books... A smattering of humour,,, a bit of useless ( or useful ) information, a fair chunk of history and quite a bit of travel . I do enjoy these book and have never been disappointed with any of them .
This time the author is doing a whistle stop tour of as many places in Europe as possible , although we dont a huge amount of time in each place I think theres enough to get the basic feel of the area. Some of the places Ive visited and some I ve not.... Some I dont want to now !. It was lovely his wife joined him for part of the trip... its nice to get a female perspective on things sometime . All in all a good book , I enjoyed it .
Really enjoyed reading this book
Really enjoyed reading this book. I found it very funny. I realise it is rapid fire but I was enjoying some of the countries I wish there was more!
At the heart of the eight compelling nonfiction stories and five-article appendix which make up Dreams of the Immortal City Savannah is this interesting question: What would your life mean if you were living someone else's dream of what it should be?
