"… Any man who decides to take a year off work and go to Europe with a deaf cat and a blind, menopausal wife is asking for trouble, or at the very least, a good set of memoirs. And that's precisely what we have here." Hackwriters.com, the International Writers Magazine.

"... a must read for not only those who are planning to strike out on an extended stay... but also for those who have imagined striking out ... but never really thought it possible... The senses of sound, smell, touch taste become additives to the travel adventure, and the traveler who relies mainly on what they are seeing is more handicapped in grasping the essence of the place than Marguerite without her sight..." Real Travel Adventures International Magazine *

Real-life humor and pathos drive this unforgettable travelogue wrapped around a true love story.

Ed Webster and his wife of 28 years take their 16-year-old cat on the sort of Grand Tour many people wish they could take but never get around to. The fact that Ed’s wife, Marguerite, is blind adds unexpected layers to their relationship and their travel experience.

Vicarious pleasure awaits within! You will be submerged in medieval villages, meet the local grocer in Tuscany, and accompany Ed and Marguerite as they sample grilled octopus on the island of Syros. Museum docents and shopkeepers fall for Marguerite and entice her to touch and experience everything. Hikers marvel at this blind woman who treks with Ed along precipitous trails of Cinque Terre, Italy. Waiters smile discreetly as Ed helps Marguerite sort through the eyeballs and tails attached to her bouillabaisse.

And through it all, in France, Holland, Austria, Greece, Italy, and Spain, the Websters prove the adage that wherever you go there you are, and the cat named Felicia makes each place a home.

 Sample chapter titles-

THE DREAM
  Felicia had Always Wanted to go to Europe
  A Year is all I Ask
  Alternate Medicine

APRIL IS PARIS
  The Fine Art of Feeling Paris
  The Life of Leisure Isn’t Always a Piece of Gateau
  So Much Music, so Little Time (and Stamina)
  A Daisy for Her Hand

PANNENKOEKEN IN HOLLAND
  Dutch Feast, Balloons Included
  Beware the Appen
  Good-bye Old Hut
  Oudewater Holland- Witch-Testing Center of the Universe
  Days and Evenings of Bliss

BRITTANY-FISH BRAINS AND BATS IN THE BELFRY
  At Night We Hear the Puisse
  The Great Supermarket Expedition
  When my Cat’s not Happy, I’m Blue
  We Need Drugs to Fight the Laundry Day Blues
  Menopausal Woman
  Stalking the English Tongue
  Life Begins with Hormones
  Winged Demons of the Farm  

Continued Chapter Titles

ON THE ROAD (To Better Sanity)
  Cruising the Bodensee and Being Taken for a Ride- Germany
  Edging into the Alps
  Summer is the Best Time at a Ski Resort
THE LAND OF MOZART, SALZBURG
  The Forces of Felicia
  Supermarkets are Tough all over
GREECE—VOYAGE TO CATS AND CHAOS
  From Hell on Wheels to Hell on a Rooftop
  More Tea, More English, no More Feta Cheese, Please
  On the Crazy Road Again
  Felicia, is my Greek Word for Love
CINQUE TERRE, ITALY- Desperately Seeking Hot Water
  Bal-con-y or Spumoni
  Miraculous Vision in Rio Maggiore
  Hot Water, Yes, I can Fix

PERCHED IN THE HILLS OF PROVENCE
  The Cote D’Azure for Connoisseurs
  At Harmony with the Rhythms of Rural France



FEELING OUR WAY INTO THE ITALIAN SOUL, TUSCANY
  The Great Lake Maggiore Rescue
  Venice in the Murk
  To Puncture or not to Puncture
  If Siena won’t Hold the Palio in November, We’ll Have Our Own
  The Agony and the Ecstasy of Florence

SPAIN—NOT JUST A PLATE OF PAELLA
  Toledo—Dilemma of the Day: Asparagus with Garlic or Larry King Live?
  Musica Romantica
  Christopher Columbus, Ben Franklin, Tricia and Felicia
  Senora Limones Is One of a Kind
A BIT OF FRANCE AND THEN HOME
  Life is a Croissant

Click above to learn more about Ed, Marguerite, Felicia or Ed’s Historical Novel. Toledo or check the links below. For links to other Cat Lover's websites and Budget Travel Resources, click the last two tabs above.

More From the PUBLISHER- VanderWyk and Burnham’s website, www.vandb.com/ayos

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING- Visit Amazon.com to read more or purchase. Note: A Year of Sundays is available- usually by special order- from bookstores in the US, Canada and Britain and from many sites online.

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* This review courtesy of Real Travel Adventures International Magazine at http://www.realtraveladventures.com/booksandaudio. Bonnie & Bill Neely invite you to subscribe free for this monthly travel magazine.

Please see my budget travel tips on page 7 by clicking the button above.

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