Slow Train to Switzerland: One Tour, Two Trips, 150 Years and a World of Change Apart SS_Gift_Guide Calvino delights in discovering hidden

Calvino delights in discovering hidden truths beneath the surface of everyday life

through the ages

and Sully has made peace with the sacrifices required of her: a daughter left behind

and North Africa to confirm the chastity of a virgin he saved from rape years earlier

Slow Train to Switzerland: One Tour, Two Trips, 150 Years and a World of Change Apart SS_Gift_Guide Calvino delights in discovering hidden"Bewes' breezy prose makes him a pleasant traveling companion he clearly knows Switzerland inside and out." The SpectatorIn June 1863 an English lady set off by train on the trip of a lifetime: Thomas Cook's first Conducted Tour of Switzerland. A century and a half later, travel writer Diccon Bewes, author of the bestselling Swiss Watching, decided to go where she went and see what she saw. Guided by her diary, he followed the same route to discover