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Jan-Maat
is on page 73 of 414
Travelling by train from Dijon to Lyon the author remarks that the impression from the countryside is of depopulation and loneliness which seems a modern observation - but she is travelling through a near monoculture of vineyards - the kind of landscape that is very busy only at certain times of year
— Mar 01, 2023 06:26AM
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Jan-Maat
is on page 330 of 414
In the hotel the traveller finds a battalion of Englishwomen of mixed ages - you may have met them in other novels. One finds Rome underwhelming, she visited the forum and the baths of Caracella and saw that they were just a lot of old ruins.
— Mar 05, 2023 07:03AM
Jan-Maat
is on page 312 of 414
The traveller, a woman on her own, is forbidden from entering the catacombs in Rome unaccompanied. Everyday sexism being a peril of 19th century tourism.
— Mar 05, 2023 06:17AM
Jan-Maat
is on page 284 of 414
Having finally escaped Nice, the author reaches Genoa for Christmas before traveling on to Pisa. The leaning tower is a disappointment as it doesn't lean far enough over.
— Mar 05, 2023 03:42AM
Jan-Maat
is on page 219 of 414
The narrative is still stuck in a hotel in Nice. This is rather like being in an Agatha Christie novel without a murder.
— Mar 04, 2023 12:20PM
Jan-Maat
is on page 152 of 414
The hotel guests ask each other if they are going to church in Sunday morning. Oh God, don't they have anything better to do with their time?
— Mar 03, 2023 11:35PM
Jan-Maat
is on page 85 of 414
The traveller has to cross a square in the dark to reach he hotel, but she is not afraid because she had her umbrella to protect her from dogs. Personally I would have thought that trying to beat a dog with an umbrella is an effective way to ruin a perfectly good umbrella...
— Mar 01, 2023 06:50AM
