With summer vacation quickly approaching and travel plans getting made my curiosity was piqued by the premise of Seth Stevenson’s book Grounded: A Down to Earth Journey Around the World. This electronic book available through Overdrive, tracks his effort to travel around the world without ever stepping foot on an airplane. The means by which he accomplishes this feat is both ingenious and amusing. The author a freelance travel writer provides humorous descriptions about all he encounters while philosophizing about how traveling should not just be about the destination but how you get there.

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