Originally Posted by
Machka
See ... if I'm going to read about a place, I'll read about it before the tour. If I'm going to read during a tour, I'll pick up a book at a used bookstore, read it, and then drop it off at the next used bookstore I come across.
See...I'd rather read
as I experience (remember, historical fiction, specifically not accidently), it seems to broaden the idea of the place, thereby yielding a superior travel memory. But that's just
me.