(On Saturday, June 25, 2011, at the Book Passage Corte Madera store, the editor and contributors to The Best Women’s Travel Writing 2011 will read from their wonderful book. Here are my excerpts from this year’s annual anthology published by Travelers' Tales; read them and you won’t be able to resist buying a copy for yourself.)
Why Bother?
Why travel? Why write about travel? What does it take to so? Here’s the answer:
“… it's not easy to embark on a life of travel, much less continue once you've begun. It takes courage and sacrifice, flexibility, creativity, time, and money.” (Lavinia Spalding, editor’s Introduction).
