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I landed in London in January of 1972, one year after Barbara, and am impressed with how she has captured the time period and the experience in this memoir. It brought it all back: to be young and arriving in London and Paris for the first time with no preconceived notions, just the literature of Dickens to guide me. The joy of discovery, the issues with tight finances, the feelings of loneliness as one travels the continent, often wondering why one has embarked on the journey but knowing life will be richer in the end. For me too the travel was a foundation for the rest of life.
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Incognito Street: How Travel Made Me a Writer by Barbara Sjoholm
annbow, March 21, 2007
I landed in London in January of 1972, one year after Barbara, and am impressed with how she has captured the time period and the experience in this memoir. It brought it all back: to be young and arriving in London and Paris for the first time with no preconceived notions, just the literature of Dickens to guide me. The joy of discovery, the issues with tight finances, the feelings of loneliness as one travels the continent, often wondering why one has embarked on the journey but knowing life will be richer in the end. For me too the travel was a foundation for the rest of life.(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)