How Low Can You Go? Round Europe for 1p return (+ tax)
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How Low Can You Go? Round Europe for 1p return (+ tax) by Tom Chesshyre
Tom Chesshyre is on a mission: to visit a dozen destinations that he can't spell, can't pronounce and wouldn't have heard of if low-fare airlines didn't fly to them. Places like Szczecin, Poprad-Zakopane, Kaunas, Paderborn, Haugesund, Brno and Tampere. Squeezing into his no-frills seat, he enters a hidden world of ex-Solidarity leaders and ultra-cheap dentists in Poland; minus 50C ice-rooms in Slovakia; stag parties and Skype in Estonia. Along the way he learns about the 'New Europe', the collapse of the Iron Curtain, the expansion of the European union -- plus the fun you can have on a 1p flight. But Tom also explores another highly topical question, and ventures into the headquarters of both Easyjet and Friends of the Earth as he ponders: should we even be flying at all? This is a funny and thought-provoking book on travel in the twenty-first century.
'Offers a passenger-eye view of this amazing revolutionFasten your seatbelts, it's a wonderful ride.' -- Mail on Sunday 'Highly readable Bill-Bryson-esque travel writing... Chesshyre asks some timely questions, among them the ethics of flying and the cultural, not to say racial, damage inflicted by the dreaded stag-party outing' -- Telegraph 'If it's unspellable and unpronounceable, Chesshyre has been there, travelling steerage.' -- The Times 'While never lacking in humour -- even in darkest Szczecin, Poland (where he goes for 1p) -- Tom also makes a valid environmental point.' -- Mirror 'The resulting book is a larky yet thoughtful tour of New Europe, during which Chesshyre braves local tipples, leaps into icepools and joins some very British stag nights.' -- Daily Mail
Tom Chesshyre is a staff travel writer for The Times and regularly travelled around the world to glamorous locations. Then he wrote this book.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340937860 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340937866 |
| Title | How Low Can You Go? Round Europe for 1p return (+ tax) |
| Author | Tom Chesshyre |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2008-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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