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Isabel Archer I agree with you. I think glam pie high Epiphany in The Sheltering Sky 12/19/2009 - 19:34
Weslamar The book is so dreamlike and AgentCooper Response 12/15/2009 - 00:51
babelfish on love Weslamar "What's Love Got to do with it?"- Tina 12/15/2009 - 00:01
AgentCooper L'avventura was so good and smith033 L'avventura 12/13/2009 - 20:48
smith033 Surrealism Weslamar Reality in Murakami's Sputnik Sweetheart and Hitchcock's Spellbound 12/13/2009 - 16:09
azinanelevator I found Atonement and The Isabel Archer No Comfort 12/13/2009 - 13:03
azinanelevator I've never seen L'Avventura, smith033 L'avventura 12/13/2009 - 12:59
azinanelevator You make an interesting point nrl242 Where's Gebel? 12/13/2009 - 12:48
azinanelevator I feel that you are very Nihilistic Eye The Bond of Alienation 12/13/2009 - 12:44
azinanelevator This reminds me of the Nihilistic Eye Sputnik Sweetheart 12/13/2009 - 12:40
Nihilistic Eye I thought the novel's ending glam pie high The Other World 12/13/2009 - 04:42
scout I love that you were able to Weslamar Reality in Murakami's Sputnik Sweetheart and Hitchcock's Spellbound 12/10/2009 - 21:00
glam pie high Also, the surrealist imagery Weslamar Reality in Murakami's Sputnik Sweetheart and Hitchcock's Spellbound 12/10/2009 - 09:23
glam pie high I forgot about that Weslamar Reality in Murakami's Sputnik Sweetheart and Hitchcock's Spellbound 12/10/2009 - 08:44
hillary I've also seen l'avventura smith033 L'avventura 12/10/2009 - 08:34
glam pie high I agree. Especially with this AgentCooper Otherworld Response 12/09/2009 - 13:57
greatgatsbygirl I also find it very Sylvia Beach Lost in Translation 12/09/2009 - 10:19
greatgatsbygirl I think it's really B. The Familiarity of the Unknown 12/09/2009 - 10:03
TruthNugget nice post Sylvia Beach Drinking. And? 12/09/2009 - 09:26
babelfish education-wise alison Something Completely Different 12/08/2009 - 00:36
Mathias Gabriel I agreed strongly with your taylor Through The Looking Glass 12/07/2009 - 23:07
B. As was previously mentioned, alison Something Completely Different 12/07/2009 - 19:16
Stacy Wynn Strange for One, Typical for Others alison Something Completely Different 12/07/2009 - 10:04
Weslamar It is also interesting Weslamar A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary in Historic Context 12/06/2009 - 23:40
glam pie high Z probably liked Communism Weslamar A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary in Historic Context 12/06/2009 - 23:05
glam pie high It's interesting to think Mathias Gabriel Lost in Translation 12/06/2009 - 22:31
lemon-basil Z did, though, mention the Weslamar A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary in Historic Context 12/06/2009 - 18:42
alison Communism Weslamar A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary in Historic Context 12/06/2009 - 14:58
smith033 home, house, family AgentCooper Autonomy and Love 12/02/2009 - 23:18
taylor I think you bring up a good Stacy Wynn A Thirst For Knowledge 12/02/2009 - 22:23
B. While Z is different from taylor In Between 12/02/2009 - 21:24
Mathias Gabriel China Town smith033 Chinatown 12/02/2009 - 15:24
Sylvia Beach What an insightful reading. I scout Between the Waking Life and Dreams, Another Type of Travel 12/02/2009 - 13:26
Sylvia Beach Historically, Achebe is right Isabel Archer "If You Must Read This..." 12/02/2009 - 13:17
Sylvia Beach I enjoyed reading your post. alison Hit The Road, Jack 12/02/2009 - 13:13
Sylvia Beach While this was perhaps not smith033 Chinatown 12/02/2009 - 12:58
Stacy Wynn Learning Through Food hillary Dream Noodles 12/01/2009 - 12:18
scout Medicine as language lemon-basil Chinese Medicine: What Can Westerners Learn? 12/01/2009 - 11:44
smith033 Qindil, Sal and Dean babelfish the world's a big place, but it isn't finite 12/01/2009 - 01:28
babelfish language and love greatgatsbygirl Miss. Understood 12/01/2009 - 00:39
alison Fix it anyway lemon-basil Chinese Medicine: What Can Westerners Learn? 11/30/2009 - 14:49
hillary I also find the Eastern lemon-basil Chinese Medicine: What Can Westerners Learn? 11/29/2009 - 21:04
hillary I agree about your idea that Samps Just Do 11/29/2009 - 20:58
Stacy Wynn Something Better alison The Pursuit of Happiness 11/24/2009 - 09:24
greatgatsbygirl Now that you said that, I do babelfish the world's a big place, but it isn't finite 11/24/2009 - 08:10
smith033 Travel is a privilege. B. Having fun yet? 11/24/2009 - 03:06
babelfish Gebel alison The Pursuit of Happiness 11/24/2009 - 02:44
B. Firstly, I great enjoyed your Samps Just Do 11/23/2009 - 22:53
Samps Indeed! Stacy Wynn A Personal Utopia 11/23/2009 - 21:07
scout I think Mahfouz wants us to hillary Where is Paradise? 11/22/2009 - 21:58
lemon-basil Quest for Enlightenment hillary Where is Paradise? 11/22/2009 - 19:56
hillary I agree that Cohen's babelfish the world in monochrome 11/22/2009 - 08:17
Stacy Wynn Different Experiences smith033 The Traveler's Intentions 11/18/2009 - 18:55
Weslamar the "good" tourist smith033 The Traveler's Intentions 11/17/2009 - 11:35
Mathias Gabriel I agree that Samps No Existential Mode 11/16/2009 - 23:12
greatgatsbygirl I enjoyed reading your entry, alison Different Strokes for Different Folks 11/16/2009 - 22:19
scout Jake's reaction Stacy Wynn The Quest for Authenticity 11/16/2009 - 19:30
scout Yeah that's so true. It's scout Searching for a Centre 11/16/2009 - 19:17
AgentCooper I like your idea in the last Sylvia Beach Signs of weakness? 11/16/2009 - 18:37
B. I think another thing that's scout Searching for a Centre 11/16/2009 - 18:08
AgentCooper There is a big difference AgentCooper Sexual Politics 11/13/2009 - 14:09
scout Your picture is really babelfish getting lost before getting started 11/12/2009 - 11:54
smith033 Ian McEwan's Views on Gender Relations AgentCooper Sexual Politics 11/12/2009 - 01:30
greatgatsbygirl I can definitely see why you lemon-basil All's Fair in Love and Suspense 11/11/2009 - 15:19
hillary I think McEwan's style also lemon-basil All's Fair in Love and Suspense 11/10/2009 - 16:39
Stacy Wynn Too Much Togetherness hillary Intimacy 11/10/2009 - 11:49
Samps Its implied Samps Closer 11/10/2009 - 00:44
B. It's interesting how it's greatgatsbygirl And the moral of the story is: DO NOT get in the car of a strange man, Even if he offers you candy 11/09/2009 - 22:56
alison Looking for Adventure Stacy Wynn The Trusting Tourists 11/09/2009 - 15:24
TruthNugget Exhaustion, Stress and Freedom on the road alison Bad Travelers 11/09/2009 - 09:22
AgentCooper I looked at the novel as B. "For mark you, Phaedrus..." 11/08/2009 - 16:00
AgentCooper Obsession does crop up in smith033 Obsession 11/08/2009 - 13:27
Mathias Gabriel Although Aschenbach is in greatgatsbygirl The struggle of the Intellectual 11/04/2009 - 23:38
smith033 The meaning behind searching for meaning? Samps Closer 11/04/2009 - 22:31
Stacy Wynn Obsessed With Travel smith033 Obsession 11/04/2009 - 12:24
alison Sexual Obsession smith033 Obsession 11/03/2009 - 15:14
hillary I like your point that scout Effigy and Mirror! 11/03/2009 - 12:34
scout This is a great post. hillary A Search for the Irrational 11/03/2009 - 12:21
greatgatsbygirl I really enjoyed your use of AgentCooper Stones and Pearls 11/03/2009 - 11:22
greatgatsbygirl While I was reading your post Mathias Gabriel Aesthetically-Inspired Travel 11/03/2009 - 11:16
lemon-basil In Response to the Above Comment B. "For mark you, Phaedrus..." 11/03/2009 - 10:48
Weslamar I definitely tend to agree Weslamar Feeling that Road 11/03/2009 - 01:00
Weslamar I definitely tend to agree Weslamar Feeling that Road 11/03/2009 - 01:00
Samps Whaddya think Mann's tryin' to say? B. "For mark you, Phaedrus..." 11/02/2009 - 23:10
B. hmm Mathias Gabriel Aesthetically-Inspired Travel 11/02/2009 - 22:57
babelfish Aschenbach seems to be alison The Art of Losing Yourself 11/02/2009 - 22:06
smith033 There aren't only two ways to see this book. Weslamar Feeling that Road 10/30/2009 - 15:43
babelfish It seems ironic considering Samps Skinning Cats 10/29/2009 - 15:35
Sylvia Beach Perhaps this is a divergence babelfish irresponsibility 10/28/2009 - 04:15
Sylvia Beach It makes you wonder how much Sylvia Beach Kerouac wore khakis and Basquiat had his kicks. 10/28/2009 - 03:54
B. i completely agree with you babelfish irresponsibility 10/27/2009 - 17:28
Weslamar Its interesting that at the Sylvia Beach Kerouac wore khakis and Basquiat had his kicks. 10/27/2009 - 10:41
scout I totally see where you're babelfish irresponsibility 10/26/2009 - 23:16
babelfish The strange thing is that glam pie high The Issue of Class in “Daisy Miller” 10/26/2009 - 22:35
babelfish probably a good thing greatgatsbygirl Nomad vs. Traveler 10/26/2009 - 22:24
Samps Yes scout The Bigger Picture 10/26/2009 - 21:13
hillary I think your statement that Stacy Wynn It’s All About the Journey Not the Destination 10/26/2009 - 20:19
Stacy Wynn Mobility = Freedom hillary Riding in Cars 10/26/2009 - 10:49
lemon-basil To Each His Own scout The Bigger Picture 10/25/2009 - 16:21
lemon-basil To Each His Own scout The Bigger Picture 10/25/2009 - 16:21
alison unSatisfied Mathias Gabriel Sal's Motivation 10/23/2009 - 15:39
Mathias Gabriel Beat Generation vs. Lost Generation alison Hit The Road, Jack 10/21/2009 - 20:11
taylor I think you make a very babelfish to those that are all talk 10/20/2009 - 11:22
Isabel Archer You said that for you the Stacy Wynn The Traveling Horror Story 10/20/2009 - 09:47
steve The real itinerary in Sheltering Sky Sylvia Beach A journey through moral nihilism 10/19/2009 - 09:04
AgentCooper I agree that dreams play a scout Between the Waking Life and Dreams, Another Type of Travel 10/17/2009 - 11:50
AgentCooper While I agree that the book Sylvia Beach A journey through moral nihilism 10/17/2009 - 11:44
smith033 The abyss. AgentCooper You, Your Child, and the Abyss 10/15/2009 - 16:49
scout Perhaps their failing nrl242 The Sheltering Sky Does Not Shelter My Eye From Crying 10/15/2009 - 11:20
Weslamar Haha I love it! I think the AgentCooper You, Your Child, and the Abyss 10/15/2009 - 10:51
nrl242 Why Travel? Mathias Gabriel Bowles' View of Traveling 10/15/2009 - 10:31
Stacy Wynn Travel Partners Samps You're Always You 10/15/2009 - 08:12
hillary I think it's interesting that greatgatsbygirl Forgetting Oneself 10/14/2009 - 22:59
babelfish I agree, traveling seems to greatgatsbygirl Forgetting Oneself 10/14/2009 - 22:03
Mathias Gabriel I agree with Alison in that Stacy Wynn The Traveling Horror Story 10/14/2009 - 21:44
greatgatsbygirl Port is flimsy hillary A Quest for Identity 10/14/2009 - 21:13
lemon-basil What Does He Really Want? hillary A Quest for Identity 10/14/2009 - 04:40
alison Murphy's Law Stacy Wynn The Traveling Horror Story 10/13/2009 - 19:46
B. It's interesting the way you lemon-basil The "Heart" of the Desert 10/13/2009 - 18:50
scout ha! I don't think the test is scout Heart of Darkness, keepin' the status quo 10/07/2009 - 16:04
AgentCooper madness babelfish there's something about kurtz.. 10/07/2009 - 14:15
AgentCooper IAT Test scout Heart of Darkness, keepin' the status quo 10/06/2009 - 16:31
alison Deep and Dark nrl242 Welcome to the Jungle 10/06/2009 - 14:53
Samps Well Put B. In the eye of the beholder 10/06/2009 - 11:27
Stacy Wynn Travel for Work or Pleasure smith033 The Other World 10/06/2009 - 10:55
Weslamar I really liked how you hillary Just a Voice? 10/06/2009 - 10:45
smith033 Apocalypse Now Weslamar Apocalypse When? 10/06/2009 - 10:23
greatgatsbygirl evil babelfish there's something about kurtz.. 10/06/2009 - 09:38
nrl242 Love Story? AgentCooper 'My Heart Aches...' 10/06/2009 - 09:06
nrl242 Racism in Heart of Darkness scout Heart of Darkness, keepin' the status quo 10/06/2009 - 08:53
scout But he notes that the desire Mathias Gabriel Patriotism vs. Imperialism 10/06/2009 - 00:56
Mathias Gabriel This entry made me think lemon-basil Not Lost In Translation: Power at Home, Influence Abroad 10/05/2009 - 21:49
hillary I agree with your assessment greatgatsbygirl A Darker World and a Darker Reality 10/05/2009 - 21:28
B. It's interesting to think Stacy Wynn Literary Compromises 10/05/2009 - 12:32
Samps You know what's up. Big babelfish average; plebeian; perfect. 10/01/2009 - 13:49
Samps Truth Nihilistic Eye Taormina - July 4, 2008 10/01/2009 - 13:40
azinanelevator Thank you for providing us Weslamar Bullfighting through the Ages 09/29/2009 - 11:26
azinanelevator It's interesting how you taylor Not a Tourist, Not a Traveler 09/29/2009 - 11:23
Weslamar I like how you touched upon Mathias Gabriel The Search for Love in Travelers and Natives 09/29/2009 - 11:12
smith033 A shallow romance babelfish this is not a love story 09/29/2009 - 10:49
scout Ah, this is a great hillary Reaching the End 09/28/2009 - 23:27
hillary I like your interpretation of Mathias Gabriel The Search for Love in Travelers and Natives 09/28/2009 - 20:42
Mathias Gabriel I agree that the lemon-basil The Last Rose of Summer 09/28/2009 - 20:18
Stacy Wynn One-Dimensional Characters hillary Reaching the End 09/28/2009 - 19:51
B. I was also thinking while Samps A Pity to Ignore 09/28/2009 - 19:27
lemon-basil A Different Person on Vacation greatgatsbygirl Two Evenings of a Holiday 09/28/2009 - 18:26
alison (Not) Meant to Be Stacy Wynn A Travelers Romance 09/28/2009 - 15:15
Sylvia Beach Do you think that Sophie's Stacy Wynn A Travelers Romance 09/28/2009 - 15:06
AgentCooper I don't think anyone can AgentCooper Me on Hemingway on Bullshit 09/24/2009 - 10:42
scout I disagree. He includes ample AgentCooper Me on Hemingway on Bullshit 09/23/2009 - 22:52
scout . scout This quote appeared when my computer opened up igoogle today 09/23/2009 - 22:47
taylor It's very interesting that Isabel Archer Death in the Afternoon 09/23/2009 - 20:55
alison Coping greatgatsbygirl The Escapist Era 09/22/2009 - 13:43
smith033 Symbolism is overrated. AgentCooper Me on Hemingway on Bullshit 09/22/2009 - 11:18
Mathias Gabriel Comfort in Nature taylor The Healing Power of Nature 09/22/2009 - 10:52
Weslamar I really enjoy Hemingway's AgentCooper Me on Hemingway on Bullshit 09/22/2009 - 10:37
babelfish I agree with most everything Samps Hope 09/21/2009 - 22:08
greatgatsbygirl I agree that a calming taylor The Healing Power of Nature 09/21/2009 - 21:28
scout  hey AgentCooper Me on Hemingway on Bullshit 09/21/2009 - 20:56
hillary I was also amazed by the scout Fiesta, the beast, a Wonderful Nightmare 09/21/2009 - 19:34
Stacy Wynn Always be a Traveler lemon-basil "Only the Young" 09/21/2009 - 12:36
B. But maybe in order to fully Stacy Wynn Remember Where You Came From 09/21/2009 - 09:25
lemon-basil Social Rebellion: Spiteful or Profound? scout Do we dare disturb the universe? 09/21/2009 - 07:44
lemon-basil Is There Such Thing as Fiction? alison Art and Life: Where to Draw the Line? 09/21/2009 - 07:38
azinanelevator Is it true that Daisy has Weslamar Daisy Miller and the Gilded Age 09/17/2009 - 00:10
scout Having seen the Coliseum in azinanelevator Coliseum-Facts and Fictions 09/15/2009 - 11:36
Weslamar I found it interesting that azinanelevator Coliseum-Facts and Fictions 09/15/2009 - 11:36
smith033 Daisy Miller and Tender is the Night nrl242 That Silly Italian 09/15/2009 - 10:47
greatgatsbygirl parallels between plot and place taylor The Fall of Rome and Daisy Miller 09/14/2009 - 21:49
Mathias Gabriel Randolph alison To Travel or Not to Travel? 09/14/2009 - 20:29
taylor I think it's interesting that Samps Death in Rome Not Uncommon 09/14/2009 - 19:08
Stacy Wynn A New Light hillary Daisy Miller: Traveler or Tourist? 09/14/2009 - 18:11
B. It's an interesting idea you hillary Daisy Miller: Traveler or Tourist? 09/14/2009 - 17:35
AgentCooper I completely agree with your Stacy Wynn Reputations 09/14/2009 - 16:13
hillary As I was reading Daisy alison To Travel or Not to Travel? 09/14/2009 - 15:25
alison Stereotyping Stacy Wynn Reputations 09/14/2009 - 13:57
alison Actually... alison Run Away 09/14/2009 - 10:36
steve A work of art lemon-basil Not-So-Innocent 09/14/2009 - 09:35
steve Truth stranger than fiction? alison Run Away 09/14/2009 - 09:26
steve Ah, yes, the wonders of google Stacy Wynn The Village Classroom 09/14/2009 - 09:20
steve The long drive lemon-basil Home Away From Home 09/14/2009 - 09:10
steve The human tripod glam pie high Cathedral 09/14/2009 - 08:55
steve Those dreamy young men on their Vespas hillary A False Imagination 09/14/2009 - 08:43
steve Busting up a few travel myths, and finding one too babelfish average; plebeian; perfect. 09/14/2009 - 08:24
steve A sense of place, or lack of Isabel Archer Distrito Federal 09/14/2009 - 08:14
steve Out of the heart of darkness azinanelevator On a Boat 09/14/2009 - 07:48
Isabel Archer I agree with you: no Mathias Gabriel The Phone Booth 09/10/2009 - 10:55
Weslamar I found it very interesting scout Untitled 09/10/2009 - 10:48
scout I couldn't help but laugh Mathias Gabriel The Phone Booth 09/10/2009 - 00:17
babelfish I think it's just sort of Mathias Gabriel The Phone Booth 09/09/2009 - 20:47
Mathias Gabriel "New" hillary A False Imagination 09/09/2009 - 19:08
Stacy Wynn A "Good" Traveler alison Run Away 09/09/2009 - 18:50
hillary I understand how the speed of B. The Freedom of Boredom 09/09/2009 - 18:36
B. road trips lemon-basil Home Away From Home 09/09/2009 - 16:15
alison Learning vs. Teaching Stacy Wynn The Village Classroom 09/09/2009 - 14:12