As we have to choose another book apart from David Monagan’s Jaywalking with the Irish, I decided to read “A House Somewhere- Tales of Life Abroad”. As some fellow students of mine recommended it strongly, I thought why not and just gave it a shot. Furthermore, it’s not just one complex story so that you can stop reading whenever you want without knowing what has happened before, because the chapters are arranged independently from different authors who have experienced something different.
In CHAPTER ONE Jan Morris, a British historian and travel author who has already been to several places throughout the world like Spain, Venice, Sydney, Manhattan etc. writes about her affection of travelling around and staying in other countries. Although she likes being away from home and learning about other cultures and customs, she from time to time she feels very homesick when being abroad. Jan describes her homesickness with a Welsh word called hiraeth, which means longing, nostalgia or sometimes plain grief.
In CHAPTER ONE Jan Morris, a British historian and travel author who has already been to several places throughout the world like Spain, Venice, Sydney, Manhattan etc. writes about her affection of travelling around and staying in other countries. Although she likes being away from home and learning about other cultures and customs, she from time to time she feels very homesick when being abroad. Jan describes her homesickness with a Welsh word called hiraeth, which means longing, nostalgia or sometimes plain grief.
Summing up, she has had a lot of pleasure from travelling; nevertheless she misses the sense of belonging. To make a long story short, she misses Wales “as the powerful homing instinct is inexplicable.”
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