Travel Mementos: Personal Stories about Faraway Places

By Julie Watson

'We hear the patrol boat before we see it. A motoric throb resonates from deep within the sea mist. White swirls wrap the dark-pitted peaks of Morocco as they float upwards, mysterious and intangible in the distance...'
Teaching around the world for over forty years, Julie Watson retells her travel memories in vivid flashbacks of times, places and personal encounters.
The argument in an Italian ice cream queue, a bumpy becak ride in Indonesia, African migrants washing up on a Spanish beach, venomous scorpions dancing in the Mexican sun.
Travel Mementos is a collection of true stories from locations around the world. Spanning continents and cultures, the evocative retelling of these personal memories will transport, surprise and delight you in an immersive reading experience.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Beachy Books Partner Publishing
• Release date: Mar 22, 2021
• ISBN: 9781913894054

Julie Watson

Julie Watson is a retired university teacher and Fellow Emeritus, who now lives on the Isle of Wight. She is the author of two books. The most recent is Travel Takeaways, a collection of stories from her travels around the world.  When not writing she spends her time kayaking on the western Yar, wildlife watching and teaching refugees. She lives with a feline companion called Marmite.

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