Rowed Trip: From Scotland to Syria by Oar

Rowed Trip: From Scotland to Syria by Oar

Two bestselling authors combine their strengths in a travelogue, a search for roots, a romance â€” and a seat-of-your-pants adventure.

One sunny day in 2006, Julie and Colin Angus were talking about the future, as newly engaged couples do. More unusually, they were at the time travelling together from Moscow to Vancouver by human power â€” boat, bike, and foot.

That day, they were examining a road atlas and in particular the labyrinth of European inland waterways it revealed. Julie traced a route of interconnected canals, rivers, and coastlines that led from Colinâ€™s parentsâ€™ homeland of Scotland past her motherâ€™s homeland, Germany, and on to her fatherâ€™s, Syria. She said, half-seriously: We could row (yes, row, as in propelling a tippy little boat on a pond) all the way from Scotland to Syria to visit our relatives. It was a reckless sort of joke to make, given the coupleâ€™s addiction to adventure. The result is Rowed Trip, an odyssey by oar (and bike) from Caithness, Scotland, across the English Channel, through France, across the Rhine, the Main-Donau Canal to the Danube, the Black Sea, the Bosphorous Straits, and the Mediterranean. Julie and Colin each describe how the trip allowed them to test their relationship, to explore their roots, and to indulge to the max their shared taste for adventure.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Brand Anchor Canada
Manufacturer Anchor Canada
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2010-06-01
Format International Edition
EANs 9780385666343

Country	USA
Brand	Anchor Canada
Manufacturer	Anchor Canada
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2010-06-01
Format	International Edition
EANs	9780385666343

Rowed Trip: From Scotland to Syria by Oar

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