Comments on: Travellers Calabria Contest: Q and A with Travel Writer Lara Dunston Part 4 of 5

By: carrieitly

carrieitly — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:24:39 +0000

All caught up! I really cannot wait to get my hands on this book (as contest booty or otherwise!)… having all this intimate background on the writer(s) and the process makes this book even more intesting!

By: Jo Tedesco

Jo Tedesco — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:12:46 +0000

Well Australia – as THE poem goes … a sunburnt country of rugged mountain ranges and droughts and flooding plains! And we are are now adding the bushfires as well.

To think I was just about to wish … to do travel writing

The mark of a good travel writer though is one that even though landmarks may have changed, they have actually captured the essence of what it is like to be in a place, and they do give a sense of the history. Can’t wait to read the Calabria book – even though it might mean having to buy it
Jo

By: Clayvessel

Clayvessel — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:51:59 +0000

Wow. You could write a different kind of book with just all your great travel stories, the good, the bad and the ugly.

What a life though!
Clayvessel´s last blog ..Get a Handle on It

By: jen of a2eatwrite

jen of a2eatwrite — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:00:43 +0000

I hope that Lara will address where she and Terry do the actual writing. Do they return “home”? Where is that for them? Her sister’s house?

By: lara dunston

lara dunston — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:53:43 +0000

Thanks everyone! Much appreciated. I’ll just say “ditto” to my husband and partner, Terry’s comments about Buenos Aires above! To add to that “street feel” he talks about, I also feel an emotion on the streets that I don’t feel in many other places other than Italy, Spain, and throughout the Arab world – an incredible thirst for life that is extreme, from deep passion and profound joy to a nostalgia and melancholia that always seems to be under the surface. Amazing people and amazing place.
lara dunston´s last blog ..In print and online

By: Jacquie Olsen

Jacquie Olsen — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:52:33 +0000

This is such a fun week. I love the information, the writing style and the pics are fabulous!
Jacquie Olsen´s last blog ..The Two Judgments

By: Sezzy

Sezzy — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:20:13 +0000

I have never visited Italy but I am learning the language and hope to travel there next year. I plan to start exploring at the “toe of the boot” and work my way up. I would love to have a copy of Travellers Calabria to accompany me on my travels as I discover the region my beloved loved so much.

Aw, best of luck Sezzy!

By: anne

anne — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:55:08 +0000

Yes that goes for me too!! would love a copy their book …Would like to Thank Lara for the direct comment to me, about living out of a suitcase, pros and cons, and how things don’t really get easier, so Thank You Lara.

I am no writer, it takes me all my time to write a post, …Thanks for sharing and also Thank you to Michelle, for inviting you to post here!!

So happy you’re enjoying the series Anne!

anne´s last blog ..A Fun day out in Oxford…..

By: My Melange

My Melange — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:44:50 +0000

It goes without saying that I’d just LOVE a copy of this book. I’ll have to go back and read ALL the installments in their correct order!! Thanks to the both of you!

Hee hee…be sure to comment on every post to increase your chances of winning

My Melange´s last blog ..Roman Windows

By: Terence Carter

Terence Carter — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:07:44 +0000

Francesca, if you love Italy, you’ll almost certainly love BA. Architecture, food, wine and a little something I now call ’street feel’ (the sense of life on the streets) and a real love of life shown by the locals. It’s South America, looks a little like Paris (thanks to Haussmann-era architecture), but thankfully has coffee more like Italy. And — just to tie it in with Calabria — many of the Italian immigrants were from the South, so dishes such as pasta puttanesca are wonderful.
And I have not even mentioned tango or steak — the two most talked-about aspects of BA for lazy travel writers. The tango is ok (if mostly very touristy), but the steaks are something really special. The downsides are prolific pickpockets, the rather depressing way the poor have to earn a living there, and looking for ‘real tango’.

Thanks so much for coming by and sharing this, Terry!