Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 585 pages
- Published by: Carousel Press; Third edition edition February 28, 2008
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0917120205
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0917120206
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Book Dimensions:
9 x 6 x 1.2 inches
- Weighs: 1.6 pounds
Product Description
Dreaming of going to Europe but think you can't afford it? After 25 years of car-camping in Europe Carol Mickelsen assures readers that traveling in Europe need not be expensive. By renting a car you are freed from lugging baggage and are able to bring a bike from home. You have the freedom to travel at a whim, following the festivals, and the best weather. After answering the question, "Why Not Camp?" Mickelsen goes on to detail expense expectations, offers driving and navigating tips, and explains how to get directions from locals when you don't know the local language. Besides suggestions on basic camping and cooking equipment, she gives solid advice on how to bring your bike, and good reminders on how to travel smart and safe. Includes over 300 detailed maps and written directions on how to drive to major sights in
25 countries where English is not the local language and campgrounds are plentiful.
About The Author
Carol Mickelsen loves to travel. Having been introduced to the magic of the out-of-doors by her parents and grandmother, she discovered that camping offers a uniquely satisfying way to get to know any country. During the past 25 years, she has spent as much time as she can exploring the world.She finds budget travel fascinating, fun, and easy. She shares useful travel tips in her new book Camping Europe.
As a professional chef, Mickelsen ran San Benito House and Saloon for 18 years. The restaurant was created from an historic hotel which she bought and restored from a dilapidated state to a place that National Geographic Traveler called, "the finest restaurant on the coast between San Francisco and Monterey." Caroline Bates in Gourmet magazine agreed, praising the "wonderful homey food with Italian flavor, centered around the local plenty." The San Benito House is located in Half Moon Bay, California, a small town on the Pacific Coast, south of San Francisco. Mickelsen recently sold the business to her oldest son, giving her more time to travel and write.
Born and raised through early childhood in Montana, Carol then moved with her family to Arizona. She received a BA from Arizona State University and an MA from San Francisco State University. She has lived in Half Moon Bay for more than thirty years. Bicycling and exploring the California Coast are among her favorite pastimes when she is in between trips to other parts of the world. Her next journey is a canoeing/camping trip in the Adirondacks.
Reader Reviews
An inexpensive and unique way to see Europe, Car Camping may just be the way to see Europe for many readers. "Camping Europe: Includes Scandinavia, Central, and Eastern Europe" promotes Car Camping as the ideal way to see all the sights of Europe. Unbound by the beaten path of most travelers, one can use car camping to see all the beautiful natural sights of the continent, share experiences with the countryside locals and not just the big city tourist areas, and the ability to bring your bikes from home, saving money in the process. "Camping Europe" is a complete and total guide to the continent, leaving no region out unlike many books about Europe which only cover the western half. Highly recommended to travelers seeking a unique experience and to community library travel shelves alike.
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