Europe: A Savvy Girl's Guide - Softcover

Melanie Gall; Wendy Gall

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0978269705 ISBN 13: 9780978269708

Publisher: North Sky Press, 2007

Synopsis

With frequent flights and affordable airlines, Thousands of young women travel to Europe every year. Although most of these trips are not utter disasters, most of these young women gain their travel skills through trial-and-error. Almost every traveler has horror stories about their forays overseas. With Europe: A Savvy Girl s Guide, a trip to Europe can be wonderful and memorable, not stressful and scary. Each Chapter of Europe: A Savvy Girl s Guide focuses on a different aspect of overseas travel. Topics covered include: Buying an airline ticket Packing Finding lodgings Bargaining Surviving overseas peril. Europe: A Savvy Girl s Guide is illustrated with 40 humorous sketches. It includes a detailed packing list as well as a script for market bartering. Europe: A Savvy Girl s Guide is written in an accessible, chick-lit style, and can be enjoyed by both aspiring world adventurers and armchair travelers.

About this title

About the Author

MELANIE GALL is a professional singer who has traveled the world to perform concerts and recitals. Melanie received her B.A. from the University of Alberta and went on to complete two Artist Diploma programs in voice (University of Western Ontario, Glenn Gould Professional School) and an M.Mus at Brooklyn college in New York. Melanie has been to over 20 countries including Israel, Hungary, Poland, Italy, France, Belgium and Mozambique. Melanie s favorite European treasures include a felt Gandalf-style hat from Germany, a chocolate penguin from Switzerland that is probably no longer edible, and her Hungarian Art Deco Powder Set. Melanie assures the reader that she has learned from all of her unfortunate travel experiences and that she will never lose her passport or almost miss an airplane again. Hopefully. WENDY GALL has made a career out of her wanderlust. She completed an honours B.A. at the University of Alberta and then bid Canada adieu, moving overseas to work for the federal government. Wendy has lived in India, Trinidad and South Africa, and has traveled to over 15 countries including The Netherlands, Israel, Grenada, Barbados, Dominica, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Swaziland and England. Aside from her keen fashion sense and professional impartiality, Wendy is known as an extremely talented bargainer and has amassed a houseful of treasures. Her greatest finds include a set of steel pan drums from Trinidad, an original oil portrait from India and a feisty little South African dog named Kefira.

Edition details

• Publisher: North Sky Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0978269705
• ISBN 13: 9780978269708
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Melanie Gall
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 254