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thebooktrail88's review
5.0
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Now I have found a book about solo travel that tells it like it is. I so identified with Catrina (Not the busking I hasten to add that I really quite warmed to her early on despite her lack of awareness over many things. But you can’t fault the girl’s stamina to do what she did and I was amazed. It’s only when you travel on your own that you notice the little things, the shape of the money, the way you drift off when looking into the horizon, the need to make friends, the homesickness but that inner voice in your head telling you to carry on and gather memories.
Who would have known that busking was received so differently in Europe? And that there are rules for buskers iu various towns and cities. That it doesn’t seem to pay well in France and that the journey from Norway to Sweden can make you feel like a pauper.
There are many funny moments along the way but I really admire this girl for not just getting out of her comfort zone but for jumping out of it, smashing it in pieces and all the while, learning how to save herself from Norwegian wave and biting the bullet of playing live on a pier somewhere.
There’s something very moreish about this book – maybe I need to get in a camper van right now, take this book with me and seize the day?
Now I have found a book about solo travel that tells it like it is. I so identified with Catrina (Not the busking I hasten to add that I really quite warmed to her early on despite her lack of awareness over many things. But you can’t fault the girl’s stamina to do what she did and I was amazed. It’s only when you travel on your own that you notice the little things, the shape of the money, the way you drift off when looking into the horizon, the need to make friends, the homesickness but that inner voice in your head telling you to carry on and gather memories.
Who would have known that busking was received so differently in Europe? And that there are rules for buskers iu various towns and cities. That it doesn’t seem to pay well in France and that the journey from Norway to Sweden can make you feel like a pauper.
There are many funny moments along the way but I really admire this girl for not just getting out of her comfort zone but for jumping out of it, smashing it in pieces and all the while, learning how to save herself from Norwegian wave and biting the bullet of playing live on a pier somewhere.
There’s something very moreish about this book – maybe I need to get in a camper van right now, take this book with me and seize the day?
bobbysandhu95's review against another edition
4.0
Read this book in a day, to start it was quite slow but honestly after reading it all it really did make me think about life in a different way. What an amazing book!!!
chaoticmissadventures's review against another edition
4.0
I devoured this book. Maybe because of my immense sense of wonderlust, or maybe for my desire to have strong female voices I can recommend to people at my bookstore. Either way, Davies story was exciting, poignant, interesting. I think she was so extremely lucky through out her voyage, and she has given me a new sense of trust, and faith in humanity.
At the end all I could think was to say "Thank you" for sharing your story. Our stories of our adventures are our gifts to others, and Davies is one I will keep.
At the end all I could think was to say "Thank you" for sharing your story. Our stories of our adventures are our gifts to others, and Davies is one I will keep.
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