Publisher's Synopsis
The author comes across a loophole in the Tijuana border wall, gets in trouble with the Russian Mafia in Moscow and learns how to build a house in a Brazilian favela.
He survives food poisoning in Cairo, goes celebrity hunting in L.A. and ends up in a Berlin emergency room with a severe head wound.
He samples 'Jewish penicillin' in New Jersey, learns that a spliff is part of breakfast in Jamaica and reenacts the fireplace scene of 'The Name of the Rose' in a German monastery. (Stories 11-20)
"Want to go to exotic places? Read this first!"
"Full of funny encounters with real people from around the globe."
(Reviews on Amazon) The travelogues in this book were commissioned by German NPR and broadcast on the radio. The author adapted the manuscripts to a literary format and added photos. MORE FROM THE AUTHOR
The World Is My Oyster (Volumes 1&3)
The World Is My Oyster (Complete collection with all 30 stories)
Wild Years in West Berlin (Novel)
With a Little Twist, It Might Just Work ... (Novel)
