Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe
The book I read for the 2021 NONFICTION READER CHALLENGE in the category Travel is Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe , by Bill Bryson, 1991. I had read a number of books by Bill Bryson, and had enjoyed them very much. His book on the English Language, Mother Tongue: The English Language , and on American language and culture, Made in America, were both very funny as well as informative. Another informative and readable book is A Short History of Nearly Everything. I also enjoyed his book, Shakespeare , even though I felt there were some unsubstantiated claims made in it. So I thought it would be a good idea to choose his travel book, recounting his 1990 trip through Europe from Hammerfest, Norway to Istanbul, Turkey. The trip he takes retraces the travelling he did with a friend when he was a student. Perhaps because this book was written about 30 years ago and both travel and Europe have changed so much since then, it was rather disappointing as a travel book. In fac