Near a runaway

Author: Xiao Wei
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This magnificent adventure from Tuscany to marriage will be presented in a photo-essay format, telling you how to plan a perfect and hassle-free elopement wedding in Italy; how to find unique and quirky accommodations in Berlin; how to follow the footsteps of movies in Paris to rediscover the lingering images in your memory; how to find folk art murals by design masters in the narrow alleys of Barcelona; how to ignite a thrilling travel climax in Madrid; and how to outsmart a large, unintelligible man who doesn’t speak Chinese. This is a small book for you to read while waiting for the bus, waiting for someone, waiting for a meal, waiting to finish work, waiting to land, or waiting for those trivial changes in status. “I’ve returned to the sunny Tuscany, watching my near-elopement wedding.” Hey, you, get on a train going backward with me and escape from the wedding scene of those two people. Let’s scream across Europe and North America; let’s quietly sneak back to the starting point of our escape—Shanghai Station.” Over 200 eye-catching photos + about 100,000 refreshing words + a journey from one border to another = a lively photo-essay book about marriage and leisure life. The reverse train in this book will take the following route:
First Station, the Near-Elopement Tuscany Station: We return to the sunny Tuscany to witness the near-elopement wedding of two people. There’s also a fight over pre-wedding and wedding dresses, and the fresh life of newlyweds after marriage.
Second Station, Moderately Greedy Europe Station: We’ll stumble upon the impression of the Paris 1K3/4 movie, a pair of Amsterdam slippers, a bottle of East German pickles, a thin crust pizza from the Left Bank in Rome, and two little thieves from Madrid.
Third Station, Friendly Sweep America Station: We’ll connect the West Coast, Midwest, and Deep South of the United States, visiting some American people and scenery that are either flashy or memorable.
Final Station, Warm Escape Shanghai Station: The final station is entirely dedicated to the warm escape to the origin—Shanghai. Let’s sit together in the living room of a shikumen and enjoy the breeze, chat, think about home, and talk about our childhood.
This book is a lively photo-essay about marriage and leisure life. It includes over 200 pictures, introducing the sights and feelings along the way from Tuscany, Europe, the United States, and Shanghai.