The art of travel
by Alain De Botton · first published 2002
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The Art of Travel, by Alain de Botton https://g.co/kgs/3WZtk1 . I highly recommend it!
on “Ask HN: What book have you given as a gift?” ↗The big problem I see is that planning does in a lot of ways remove the essence of travelling (see The Art Of Travel by Alain De Botton). The best trips I've been on have been largely unplanned and taken on a day to day basis which flies in the face of a single up front plan which is built once and referred to throughout…
on “Travel planning software: The most common bad startup idea (2012)” ↗Reminds me of this quote from Tonya Riley's _The Staff Engineer's Path_: > In The Art of Travel (Vintage), Alain de Botton talks about the frustration of learning new information that doesn’t connect to anything you already know—like the sorts of facts you might pick up while visiting a historic…
on “Arabic document from 17th-cent. rubbish heap confirms semi-legendary Nubian king” ↗