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Troy Nahumko is an award-winning author based in Caceres, Spain. His recent work focuses on travels around the Mediterranean, from Tangier to Istanbul. As a writer and photographer he has contributed to newspapers and media such as Lonely Planet, The Globe and Mail, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Toronto Star, Couterpunch,The Irish World, The Straits Times, The Calgary Herald, Khaleej Times, DW-World, Rabble and El Pais. He also writes a bi-weekly op-ed column 'Camino a Ítaca' for the Spanish newspaper HOY. His book, Stories Left in Stone, Trails and Traces in Cáceres, Spain is published by the University of Alberta Press. As an ESL materials writer he has worked with publishers such as Macmillan and CUP.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

No Top 6 Lists Here

Nor Top 8's...

And not even a Top 10.

No advice on how to remember where you put your hotel key, nor inane tips on how to 'bargain like a local.'

Just a writer, not a 'travel' writer, telling of his experience. It can't be read while doing 3 other things and even demands a bit of scrolling. ADD-readers might get turned off by the 3rd paragraph of more than 3 sentences while those who failed History just might get put off by a little backstory. Bullet Points? And if you're dying for that ironically funny story about the soup in the restaurant, don't bother clicking to page 2.

Christopher Hitchen's visits Greece's new Acropolis Museum and simply tells us what he thinks.

Imagine that.

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