The Travels of Marco Polo | 
I resisted buying this book in Venice, having seen the day before where the Polos are said to have lived there. But I knew I‘d find a cheaper and lighter copy here rather than lug a copy with questionable translation home. And tonight‘s trip to HPB paid off! Looking forward to this one.
pickThis was the longest of the texts I needed to read cover to cover for my first term of masters work and I got it done on my last day of my holiday. I loved reading it and I‘m excited to go to grad school classes prepared and with some time to mull it over.
Also excited to be done with medieval travel narratives and back to cosy mysteries for the flight home tbh… I‘ve timed this well.
Good morning from latvia! My (otherwise lovely) boyfriend spilled water on my penguin Marco Polo so he has generously funded an emergency kindle edition so I can finish on holiday before my first masters class - can‘t believe it‘s starting in less than a week! The weather here is so autumnal and gorgeous, much nicer than @moll tells me london is rn. Starting the day with pastries and coffee
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I originally wanted to read this book after watching the Netflix show, but quickly learned they‘re almost nothing alike. Still, it was a fascinating and often times humorous glimpse of the perceived lives of numerous peoples. Taking most of it with a large grain of salt (Polo is not the most trustworthy narrator) I was grateful for the slew of footnotes that explained/corrected his stories.
One of my #Roll100 books for January (number 24).
✨My goal is to read 100 books this year. I also want to keep my book buying down to 25 books.
✨Obstacles
✨It‘s certainly not what I expected, but I‘m finding the descriptions of distant, exotic lands as exciting and humorous as I believe people must have for centuries.
Thanks for the tag @The_Penniless_Author 🤗
I tag anyone with a reading resolution they care to share! ❤️
#ThoughtfulThursday
pickA journey through the Eastern wonders 🎐
#books #bookstoread #journey #travelbooks #italianbooks #ilmilione #MarcoPolo #libridaleggere #libridiviaggio
pickA treasure from Grandpa's Cupboard 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Time travel through 13th Century India. Although he explains each current states of India as separate countries and the richest countries he've ever been to🖤🖤🖤
Saw these on a second hand store window. They are beautiful! 😍❤
Squeee, I‘m excited!! It‘s been 13 years since I‘ve been to California. I used to travel there all the time in the 90s and even lived in Southern Cali for a while. So now I‘m going back!! Well, only for a few days to visit friends and not before February. But I‘m excited as I‘ve missed this place so much! One thing that‘s on my bucket list: The last bookstore!❤️ Is it weird that I‘m already mentally compiling book lists for the long flights? 🤣
My latest #bookhaul was three weeks ago, but I'm not about to run out of things to read. #booksacrossoceans @pri_bibliophile @mellisarock
Around the world with Marco Polo. Hopefully I would not take 80 days to finish this up 😂
I found a Folio Society edition of The Travels of Marco Polo...at Goodwill!
