Memories of a Detour to Turkey Book

Memories of a Detour to Turkey is the second in a series of travel books by Marjory Harris, an engaging and energetic ninety-three year old. Turkey was Marjory's original destination, the 1970 Experiment in International Living conference was being held there. When she found she couldn't fly directly to Turkey, she took out her wish list of countries to visit and things to do, and planned her second around-the-world trip. On her way to Turkey, she "detoured" to Denmark and Holland, cruised up the Rhine River and down the Danube-the latter turning out somewhat less than ideal-and revisited Iran, Japan, and Hawaii.

Marjory tells a personal travel story. Of her first EIL conference in South America, of being shocked ("then, but not now," she says) by certain statues in the Frogner Gardens, of sore feet and three concerts in one afternoon in San Marco Square, of a circumcision party in Turkey, and of typhoon preparations in Hong Kong.