Monthly Archives: April 2012

Conversations 1

Posted on 24 April 2012 by Space Hotels

In travel writing, dialogue is used above all to talk about encounters with foreigners (the local people). It is much more than just a conversation. As the dialogue progresses, it defines the characters and their relationships and advances the plot … Continue reading →

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Places and their people

Posted on 17 April 2012 by Space Hotels

Talking about a place means also describing what usually happens there, who lives there and who visits or passes through there. As an example, let’s look at train and subway stations: they are first and foremost places of waiting, which … Continue reading →

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City

Posted on 10 April 2012 by Space Hotels

Rome is a city of many stories to be discovered one at a time, however, try to avoid getting lost in too much detail or creating cliché postcards. My Roman notebook is the precursor to my Egyptian notebook. Not just … Continue reading →

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The face of a foreigner

Posted on 3 April 2012 by Space Hotels

If your travel stories are about a series of places and monuments, then something is not right. If you do not have any encounters to talk about, you should reconsider the way you travel. Perhaps a need to protect yourself … Continue reading →

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