Patrick Leigh Fermor
Noam I bought this for Yoni last month and I think that it is time for you to read it. It won't cure your wanderlust that's for sure. This guy, who was a huge hero in the second world war, after getting kicked out of school at 17 in 1932 decided to walk across Europe. This isn't really a trip that you can make anymore though many have tried. I say that because the world has become so much smaller and the differences between nations have become so much smaller. Anyway he walks like a tramp some of the time and because of his contacts, social status and gift for languages he ends up sleeping in a lot of palaces. A great book, thought by many to be the best modern travel book. Bear in mind that he wrote it 50 years after the trip so he is able to see some of it through the hindsight of history.There are two others, just let me know when you want those.
Yoni:
Benioff, David
This is one of those great finds, a book I picked up at a book sale because the author had a Jewish name. I couldn't put it down, honestly, it deserves all the reviews on Amazon, Judy is reading it now.
When I finished it I read a book about the siege and most of the stuff here is true. Of course, there is a Jewish connection. I think that Daci will enjoy this as well.
