Horn Tooting Scale: 1 Toot
- 1 toot for being a travel book - for some reason, it's always nice to be seen reading a travel guide, unless you're in that country, standing on a street corner looking lost and wearing an invisible sign that says, "Mug Me"
- Austria, Slovakia (especially the High Tatras), and Hungary
- Countess Bathory's castle in Slovakia (she bathed in peasant blood)
- Lipizzaner horses in Vienna
- Spas in Budapest
My branch library didn't have a Lonely Planet covering Eastern Europe. So, I picked up Rick Steves' guide just to get a general sense of the area. It's actually a pretty great guidebook. I wouldn't use this book to choose places to stay or places to eat, but it had great descriptions of the sights, the transit, and the nightlife. I especially liked his hand-drawn diagrams of various cities and major sights. The writing was clear and on topic, and 2 weeks after reading it, I bought a plane ticket. Thank you, Rick Steves!
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