Gap Year Girl
A Baby Boomer Adventure Across 21 Countries
Marianne C. Bohr
- In
- the
- 1960s
- and
- ’70s,
- thousands
- of
- baby
- boomers
- strapped
- packs
- to
- their
- backs
- and
- flocked
- to
- Europe,
- wandering
- the
- continent
- on
- missions
- of
- self-discovery.
- Many
- of
- these
- boomers
- still
- dream
- of
- “going
- back”—of
- once
- again
- cutting
- themselves
- free
- and
- revisiting
- the
- places
- they
- encountered
- in
- their
- youth,
- recapturing
- what
- was,
- and
- creating
- fresh
- memories
- along
- the
- way.
- Marianne
- Bohr
- and
- her
- husband,
- Joe,
- did
- just
- that.
- In
- Gap
- Year
- Girl,
- Bohr
- describes
- what
- it’s
- like
- to
- kiss
- your
- job
- good-bye,
- sell
- your
- worldly
- possessions,
- pack
- your
- bags,
- and
- take
- off
- on
- a
- quest
- for
- adventure.
- Page
- by
- page,
- she
- engagingly
- recounts
- the
- experiences,
- epiphanies,
- highs,
- lows,
- struggles,
- surprises,
- and
- lessons
- learned
- as
- she
- and
- Joe
- journey
- as
- independent
- travelers
- on
- a
- budget—through
- medieval
- villages
- and
- bustling
- European
- cities,
- unimaginable
- culinary
- pleasures,
- and
- the
- entertaining
- (and
- sometimes
- infuriating)
- characters
- encountered
- along
- the
- way.
- Touching
- on
- universal
- themes
- of
- escape,
- adventure,
- freedom,
- discovery,
- and
- life
- reimagined,
- Gap
- Year
- Girl
- is
- an
- exciting
- account
- of
- a
- couple’s
- experiences
- on
- an
- unconventional,
- past
- the-blush-of-youth journey.
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