Along the way they also were acquainted with new foods, cultural sights and curious customs. This is the story of a family from Oxford who loaded their 4 daughters in a camper van and traveled through Europe tracking down the origins of well known fairy tales, from Cinderella in France and Pinocchio in Italy, to The Little Mermaid in Denmark and the tales of the Brothers Grimm in Germany. He depended on psychology, science, history and humor in his search and the result is vastly entertaining and an enlightening look into the lives of people around the world.Ī friend sent us a copy of Heidi’s Alp the years we lived in Spain, and would travel in our tired old van around the continent with 4 kids in tow. , interviewing people from all walks of life and positions in the country to determine how much happiness could be found in these places. Eric Weiner wanted to find where the happiest people on earth were found– So he set out to The Netherlands, Switzerland, Bhutan, Qatar, Iceland, Moldova, Thailand, Great Britain, India and finally back to the U.S.A. It’s been a while since I read The Geography of Bliss. Just a fun book, and a real look at fascinating country. She immediately is taken with their pastries and slowly comes to understand the quirks of their culture. She interviews Danes around the country on the topics of education, work culture, taxes, health care, food, interior design in her attempt to find out why they could be so happy.

Having heard repeated statistics touting Denmark as the happiest country on earth, Helen spends 12 months uncovering the habits and preferences of Danish people with style and humor. In A Year of Living Danishly, Helen Russell and her husband find themselves transported from the bustle to London to small town Billund, Denmark when he takes a job working for Lego.

She muses about the place called home and their place in the world. They stayed with friends along the way and met a colorful new band of people as they traveled.

Starting in China with jet lag and a language barrier, settling 6 weeks in Thailand, and moving on to sojourns in Australia, Kenya, Ethiopia, France, Kosovo, England and points in between. They sold their house packed 5 backpacks for themselves and their three smallish kids and began a trek around the world that took 9 months. Tsh and Kyle Oxenreider did something I secretly (or maybe not so secretly since I’m writing it here!), wish we could do. Air Canada!!) Do you have summer travel plans? Suggestions?! (I did google “cheap flights to London!!”–$340 round trip from L.A. If you’ve got the travel bug– maybe you’d love them too.īut be careful. And I could happily pick it up and read it through all over again right now! It made me think of other travel books I’ve loved. Hi Reading friends– Just finished At Home in the World by Tsh Oxenreider.

At home in the world tsh