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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.
Audiobook details
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
27Chapter 27. I Spare An Awful Bore
2Chapter 2. Heidelberg, Landing A Monarch At Heidelberg
28Chapter 28. The Jodel And Its Native Wilds
3Chapter 3. Baker's Bluejay Yarn, What Stumped The Blue Jays
29Chapter 29. Looking West For Sunrise
4Chapter 4. Student Life, The Laborious Beer King
30Chapter 30. Harris Climbs Mountains For Me
5Chapter 5. At The Students' Dueling-Ground, Dueling By Wholesale
31Chapter 31. Alp-Scaling By Carriage
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6Chapter 6. A Sport That Sometimes Kills
32Chapter 32. The Jungfrau, The Bride, And The Piano
7Chapter 7. How Bismark Fought
33Chapter 33. We Climb Far—By Buggy
8Chapter 8. The Great French Duel, I Second Gambetta In A Terrific Duel
34Chapter 34. The World's Highest Pig Farm
9Chapter 9. What The Beautiful Maiden Said
35Chapter 35. Swindling The Coroner
10Chapter 10. How Wagner Operas Bang Along
36Chapter 36. The Fiendish Fun Of Alp-Climbing
11Chapter 11. I Paint A "Turner"
37Chapter 37. Our Imposing Column Starts Upward
12Chapter 12. What The Wives Saved
38Chapter 38. I Conquer The Gorner Grat
13Chapter 13. My Long Crawl In The Dark
39Chapter 39. We Travel By Glacier
14Chapter 14. Rafting Down The Neckar
40Chapter 40. Piteous Relics At Chamonix
15Chapter 15. Charming Waterside Pictures
41Chapter 41. The Fearful Disaster Of 1865
16Chapter 16. An Ancient Legend Of The Rhine [The Lorelei]
42Chapter 42. Chillon Has A Nice, Roomy Dungeon
17Chapter 17. Why Germans Wear Spectacles
43Chapter 43. My Poor Sick Friend Disappointed
18Chapter 18. The Kindly Courtesy Of Germans
44Chapter 44. I Scale Mont Blanc—By Telescope
19Chapter 19. The Deadly Jest Of Dilsberg
45Chapter 45. A Catastrophe Which Cost Eleven Lives
20Chapter 20. My Precious, Priceless Tear-Jug
46Chapter 46. Meeting A Hog On A Precipice
21Chapter 21. Insolent Shopkeepers And Gabbling Americans
47Chapter 47. Queer European Manners
22Chapter 22. The Black Forest And Its Treasures
48Chapter 48. Beauty Of Women—And Of Old Masters
23Chapter 23. Nicodemus Dodge And The Skeleton
49Chapter 49. Hanged With A Golden Rope
24Chapter 24. I Protect The Empress Of Germany
50Chapter 50. Titian Bad And Titian Good
25Chapter 25. [Hunted By The Little Chamois]
51Appendix D
26Chapter 26. The Nest Of The Cuckoo-Clock
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