Apr 17 2009
Friday’s Featured Travel Book: To the Baltic wih Bob
From the Books about Northern Europe collection:
Griff Rhys Jones is a well-known comedian, producer, and actor in the United Kingdom—working with Mel Smith, Jones has produced several popular British comedies including Da Ali G Show, Smack the Pony, and Big Train.
Jones shares his sense of humor in a travel book filled with high sea adventure called To the Baltic With Bob: An Epic Misadventure. In it, Jones and three of his friends use an old wooden boat to travel from port to port along the Baltic Sea—meeting the people, enjoying the sea, and discovering the Nordic countries and the former Soviet Union.
In a review of To The Baltic with Bob by Martin P. Wilson, the book is described as “a great read being neither trivial nor heavy….It then combines the comedic with a serious travelogue in the Nordic and nearby countries.”
If you enjoy humorous, but poignant travel books and sailing adventures, add To the Baltic with Bob to your reading list.
This post is part of Friday’s Featured Travel Book series, where a travel book is featured every Friday. There are plenty of other choices when it comes to travel books, so check out the Travel Books collection for more ideas. And come back next Friday for a new book to add to your reading list!
