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This travelogue chronicles a walking tour through central and southern Europe, filled with humorous observations and exaggerations. The author skewers the pretensions of tourists and the idiosyncrasies of European culture, from German opera to Swiss mountain climbing. Interspersed with folklore and tall tales, the narrative is a rambling and delightful mix of fact and fiction. It captures the bemusement of an American abroad, navigating the quirks of the Old World.
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GenreTravel
Length16 hrs 35 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 26, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1. The Knighted Knave Of Bergen
2Chapter 2. Heidelberg, Landing A Monarch At Heidelberg
3Chapter 3. Baker's Bluejay Yarn, What Stumped The Blue Jays
4Chapter 4. Student Life, The Laborious Beer King
5Chapter 5. At The Students' Dueling-Ground, Dueling By Wholesale
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6Chapter 6. A Sport That Sometimes Kills
7Chapter 7. How Bismark Fought
8Chapter 8. The Great French Duel, I Second Gambetta In A Terrific Duel
9Chapter 9. What The Beautiful Maiden Said
10Chapter 10. How Wagner Operas Bang Along
11Chapter 11. I Paint A "Turner"
12Chapter 12. What The Wives Saved
13Chapter 13. My Long Crawl In The Dark
14Chapter 14. Rafting Down The Neckar
15Chapter 15. Charming Waterside Pictures
16Chapter 16. An Ancient Legend Of The Rhine [The Lorelei]
17Chapter 17. Why Germans Wear Spectacles
18Chapter 18. The Kindly Courtesy Of Germans
19Chapter 19. The Deadly Jest Of Dilsberg
20Chapter 20. My Precious, Priceless Tear-Jug
21Chapter 21. Insolent Shopkeepers And Gabbling Americans
22Chapter 22. The Black Forest And Its Treasures
23Chapter 23. Nicodemus Dodge And The Skeleton
24Chapter 24. I Protect The Empress Of Germany
25Chapter 25. [Hunted By The Little Chamois]
26Chapter 26. The Nest Of The Cuckoo-Clock
27Chapter 27. I Spare An Awful Bore
28Chapter 28. The Jodel And Its Native Wilds
29Chapter 29. Looking West For Sunrise
30Chapter 30. Harris Climbs Mountains For Me
31Chapter 31. Alp-Scaling By Carriage
32Chapter 32. The Jungfrau, The Bride, And The Piano
33Chapter 33. We Climb Far—By Buggy
34Chapter 34. The World's Highest Pig Farm
35Chapter 35. Swindling The Coroner
36Chapter 36. The Fiendish Fun Of Alp-Climbing
37Chapter 37. Our Imposing Column Starts Upward
38Chapter 38. I Conquer The Gorner Grat
39Chapter 39. We Travel By Glacier
40Chapter 40. Piteous Relics At Chamonix
41Chapter 41. The Fearful Disaster Of 1865
42Chapter 42. Chillon Has A Nice, Roomy Dungeon
43Chapter 43. My Poor Sick Friend Disappointed
44Chapter 44. I Scale Mont Blanc—By Telescope
45Chapter 45. A Catastrophe Which Cost Eleven Lives
46Chapter 46. Meeting A Hog On A Precipice
47Chapter 47. Queer European Manners
48Chapter 48. Beauty Of Women—And Of Old Masters
49Chapter 49. Hanged With A Golden Rope
50Chapter 50. Titian Bad And Titian Good
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