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Show ‘SRAHROGE The Salt Lake Tribune TRAVEL Sunday. Jaruary 7. 1996 TRAVELER’S BOOKSHELF y Al Haas DER NEWS SERVICE On the surface, attending the tomato festival in the Spanish town of Bunol sounds about as exciting as three hours in a museum devotedto novel uses of lint But travel writer Louis de Ber- nieres knew better. He knew, before his train even arrrived in Bunol on the day of La Tomatina that it would be more exciting than that. He knew, for example that Bunolians like to throw thingsat each other. The festival in the crowded town plaza began ona ratherinnocuous, non-tomato note: Kids CIRCUS, , SUMMER ESCAPE It's clear from the congested traffic in the photo, above, that things are a circus. But whereis it? As for the map, below, identify the state and look for the city where a famous writer left his mark. (Answers, Page H-4.) started throwing water balloons. and oldsters on the balconies above chipped in with drenching buckets of water. Pretty soon folks were tearing off each oth. er’s sodden T-shirts Moments later.” de Bernieres recalls, “a huge dump truck was of the festival that happily erated into a degen- “red tornado” is typical of thesort of personal reporting you get from the dozens of writers who contributedpieces to Travelers’ Tales Spain (Travel er’s Tales, paperback, $1 Lucy McCauley did a ni previously published essays. Tak edited by Dick Needham(Harper CollinsWest, paperback, $20) Miller. the Spielberg of ski films has been making kinetic and often humorous movies about thesport since 1947 so tossers, who were hurling the truck's contents at us. Some of Light,” His 43 films include “Deep and “The Blizzard of Oz,” and them were wearing diving masks most recently, just throw the tomatoes back which was released last month Now, Miller is trying adifferent venue. bringing the excitement Then another truck rolled through, and more fruit hurtled down at us. Water continued to pourfromabove. Onetoma to after another crushed itself against every part of my anatomy some with a stinging slap and oth ers with a decadent and relaxed sper-losh I knelt down and scooped “Endless Winter and natural beauty that surround skiing to the pages of a book. The translation works well: The beau ty and sense of adventure that spring from the color photo. graphs on these pages would ar ie to American and He listened carefully to the spooky stories about them. so he could later chronicle themfor us in great detail. Sometimes he ums, parks, ruins andrestaurants and assessing the friendliness of thelocals In Vacation Places Rated, author Stanley Plog goes several steps further. Places areevaluated not on the basis of how many peoplevisited a placebut on how manysaidthey actually enjoyedit Activities and destinations are described not just by theglint of the sand and the sheen of the stores but in terms of how the placewill appeal to threeclasses of travelers Plog has defined trappings of home, such as fastfood restaurants, shopping and amusement galleries. Venturers:Likeplentyofactivity and unique, unspoiled places. Centries: Fit between Dependables and Venturers. Like some commercialization but not too much, Travel independently and on tours. The largest segment of BE A GROUP ORGANIZER TRAVEL FREE & EARN $$$ sponsor’ Carnival “the hotels were all fun places to stay and never 180 of these firms andrates ther in an effort to help you save mon B® The Ch te’s Guide t Londonby Connie Emerson (Cita Spain by Press, del Press, paperback. $9.95). Em erson’s purpose is to make your trip to London as afford comprehensive job. 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The scary Mead reports The ghosts are a convivial crew: regu larly romantic. sometimes sad and frequently funny decorating a table + + + + + + HH HH tt Ob OF Ot OF ing the beaches, mountains, muse- Dependables: y don't want the yw about. Like mercial field: ones, the c has some fly-by-n with the solid, reputable opera tions > against this coffee-table Author Rates Destinations, Travelers By Jeff Rowe Consolidati ompanies that sel *kets the airlines can't for prices Mead traveledthecontinent. vis iting each of the haunted sy the H.M, Gousha Co. Used by Permission ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Plenty of books offer descriptionsof this place andthat, detail. el Publishing pa perback Canadian Inns and Their Ghosts in 1996 by ¢ Schmidt write a book subti Happily. en together, they impart a real feeling for Spain's spirit. sensual ity — and sense of fun Also on this month's travel bookshelf: @ Warren Miller’s Ski Fever! Les phone numbers and rates. He also provides dataon the hotels’ non even stayed Room of gathering and editing llowstone’s landscapes most hotel g Mead’s be includes the information that pz ing gu need — addresses DeBernieres’ hilarious account uponus, its bed filled with toma toes. Ontopofit were a dozen or becausethey knew that we would = tomatoes into my T-shirt; my ors promptly pillaged them as soonas I stoodup, leaving mejust enoughto practice mor tar-bombing a fat man by a wall A NORWEGIAN s |
