tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717233037560933311.post8032451004553596509..comments2024-03-28T03:14:14.901-06:00Comments on Autobiography of an Anglophile: Where I Want to Be, Via Bill BrysonDianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02957349442523993974noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717233037560933311.post-38455419525398171982013-02-03T17:17:18.155-07:002013-02-03T17:17:18.155-07:00Me, too! Left-handers unite!
I loved Italy as wel...Me, too! Left-handers unite!<br /><br />I loved Italy as well and can't wait to go back someday to discover more of it. <br /><br />Oh, and your perplexity about the flour -- I experienced the same thing in England. We Americans are easily confused. ;)Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02957349442523993974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717233037560933311.post-24826578892239224212013-01-27T17:18:05.767-07:002013-01-27T17:18:05.767-07:00OK, Bryson makes me want to visit England--I'm...OK, Bryson makes me want to visit England--I'm left-handed! :) I think I need to read this one. <br /><br />I suppose when I was in Italy I had some similar thoughts (I remember being completely perplexed as to which flour to buy to bake cookies--there's more than one type?!), although I was fortunately traveling in a group when we arrived and so was shepherded from the airport to the amanda @ simplerpastimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127945915013121105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717233037560933311.post-14455914645107740572013-01-23T18:40:42.476-07:002013-01-23T18:40:42.476-07:00Julie, I'm dying to visit Australia! (I just n...Julie, I'm dying to visit Australia! (I just need to take care to avoid the spiders. Eeek!) It's nice to know that feeling never fades with time. Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02957349442523993974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717233037560933311.post-33060348436148006672013-01-23T18:39:32.526-07:002013-01-23T18:39:32.526-07:00Caro, I also fell in love with Shakespeare: The Wo...Caro, I also fell in love with Shakespeare: The World as Stage. I annoyed my family for weeks by constantly sharing little tidbits from that. Dianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02957349442523993974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717233037560933311.post-25556199603174421522013-01-23T16:52:20.405-07:002013-01-23T16:52:20.405-07:00I love Bill Bryson, my favourite is Home about his...I love Bill Bryson, my favourite is Home about his home here in the UK. Yes, I recognise the feeling of complete recognition with somewhere. When I arrived in Australia 20 years ago, it felt like home, & that feeling never changes with each visit.Julie Goucherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11368170005503879489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717233037560933311.post-46574931335493787702013-01-23T07:53:14.729-07:002013-01-23T07:53:14.729-07:00I have never read one of Bryson's travel memoi...I have never read one of Bryson's travel memoirs, but now I certainly will. I fell in love with his writing when I read <i>Shakespeare: The World as Stage</i> and I'd love to read a memoir as well.Carohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12456284399025708010noreply@blogger.com