Warm, engaging, and funny, this armchair travel guide follows two 30-something singles, Rachael and Julie, on a rowdy road trip in pursuit of happiness in a world dominated by couples. From bike excursions to impress a cute tour guide to adventures in a ginseng Korean bathhouse, this rollicking read offers a great view of life through the eyes of best friends enjoying laughter, scenery, and a little love along the way.

Are We There Yet?: Rach and Jules Take to the Open Road

Humor & Entertainment

Weiss, Rachael

Adams, Julie

Humor

Allen& Unwin

Armed with a romantic soul and a pressing need to escape her overbearing family, Rachael Weiss heads for Prague with vague plans to write a great novel and perhaps, just perhaps, fall madly in love with an exotic Czech man with high cheekbones. They make it seem so easy, those other women who write of uprooting themselves from everything they know, crossing the world and forming effortless friendships with strangers—despite not understanding a word they say—while reinventing themselves in beautiful European cities. So it's not surprising that Rachael is completely unprepared for the realities that confront her in her strange new world. However, in this warm and witty tale of life in a foreign land, Rachael, somewhat to her own surprise, finds herself gradually creating a second home in Prague, complete with an eccentric and unlikely tribe of extended family and friends; and realizes along the way that while she's been striving so hard to become someone else, she has inadvertently grown to rather like the person she has always been.

Me, Myself & Prague: An Unreliable Guide to Bohemia

Travel

Europe

A smart and funny travel memoir about the highs and lows of trying to establish a life in a place that values beer and potatoes above everything else Freewheeling Rachael Weiss gave up her life in Australia to move to Prague, her ancestral home, intending to live there for the rest of her life. In fact, she lasted there for three years before visa restrictions and disillusionment caused her to leave the country. Even though she is at times exasperated by the petty bureaucracy and customs of a country that values beer and potatoes above everything else, and even though she is frustrated by her attempts to master a very difficult language (only spoken by 10 million people), her efforts to engage both socially and romantically with the locals are wonderfully funny. Social embarrassment and mortification rub shoulders with the kind of bureaucratic absurdity that inspired Kafka in former times. This surprising and generous memoir is full of warmth and Rachael's unstoppable sociability.

The Thing About Prague: How I Gave It All Up for a New Life in Europe's Most Eccentric City

A smart and funny travel memoir about the highs and lows of trying to establish a life in a place that values beer and potatoes above everything else  Freewheeling Rachael Weiss gave up her life in Australia to move to Prague, her ancestral home, intending to live there for the rest of her life. In fact, she lasted there for three years before visa restrictions and disillusionment caused her to leave the country. Even though she is at times exasperated by the petty bureaucracy and customs of a country that values beer and potatoes above everything else, and even though she is frustrated by her attempts to master a very difficult language (only spoken by 10 million people), her efforts to engage both socially and romantically with the locals are wonderfully funny. Social embarrassment and mortification rub shoulders with the kind of bureaucratic absurdity that inspired Kafka in former times. This surprising and generous memoir is full of warmth and Rachael's unstoppable sociability.

The Thing About Prague...: How I Gave It All Up For a New Life in Europe's Most Eccentric City

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Are We There Yet?: Rach and Jules Take to the Open Road

Me, Myself & Prague: An Unreliable Guide to Bohemia

The Thing About Prague: How I Gave It All Up for a New Life in Europe's Most Eccentric City

The Thing About Prague...: How I Gave It All Up For a New Life in Europe's Most Eccentric City