But that's the glory of foreign travel, as far as I am concerned. I don't want to know what people are talking about. I can't think of anything that … - Bill Bryson

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But that's the glory of foreign travel, as far as I am concerned. I don't want to know what people are talking about. I can't think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. Suddenly you are five years old again. You can't read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense of how things work, you can't even reliably cross a street without endangering your life. Your whole existence becomes a series of interesting guesses.

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William "Bill" McGuire Bryson, OBE (born December 8, 1951) is a best-selling American author of humorous books on travel, as well as books on the English language and on scientific subjects.

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Birth Name: William McGuire Bryson
Alternative Names: William Bryson William "Bill" McGuire Bryson
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