I put Europe into my backpack

Author: Xiao Peng
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: When traveling independently in Europe, in addition to having money and leisure time, one's language skills cannot be overlooked. So, how can one overcome the language barrier for independent travel in Europe? The author shares three pieces of experience. First, English must be excellent—able to listen, speak, write, and read, with the ability to be flexible and adaptable. Second, one should have some understanding of the main languages of European countries. Third, learn to conquer the world with a smile. The book uses a large number of images, taken not from a photographer's perspective, but with the author as just a passerby and a recorder. The articles in the book primarily appear in the form of concise and witty essays, always guided by personality, maintaining an independent spiritual freedom, and a sense of writing freedom and spontaneity. This is not a travel guide that tells people where to stay, eat, how to be economical, or how to choose routes (though some aspects will be mentioned in the preface, they are not the focus of this book), thereby neglecting the deeper spiritual insights of the human heart. It is also not an exploration of human geography, burdened with a heavy theme and constantly reflecting on reality, making it so heavy that it feels suffocating. It is simply because of interest, simply because of preference, that the author expresses only their original, frank, and authentic feelings and joys, and nothing more. Without any commercial or guiding instructions, nor any exclamatory or introspective reflections. It is just to write down what was seen, heard, felt, and thought along the way and share it with friends, speaking directly from the heart, revealing emotions and true nature. Thus is the perspective. The book uses a large number of images, taken not from a photographer's perspective, but with the author as just a passerby and a recorder. The articles in the book primarily appear in the form of concise and witty essays, always guided by personality, maintaining an independent spiritual freedom, and a sense of writing freedom and spontaneity.