In the first installment of The Recovering Backpacker, a column that looks at what makes for a meaningful travel experience, Nathan James Thomas responds to Agnes Callard’s controversial New Yorker …
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A traveler skims the border of Slovakia on foot and by train but finds herself constantly on the outside. The bus pulled up at the border of Slovakia. A skyscraper …
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While researching her family history in Budapest, an American writer encounters controversy with every step. “Freedom Square” was named to celebrate the removal of a palace representing centuries of unwanted …
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Prostitutes and beggars hang out in front of kebab shops waiting to ensnare unsteady drunks. Loud English and Australian tourists hollar into bars and out of clubs. And me, I’m …