Do you keep your old guidebooks?
 

I have to say one of the things that made me fall in love with my taller half http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttr...orum/smile.gif even faster was that her parents had kept all the michelin red books for France from 1950s and later.

Come to think of it, they had lots of old travel guides that are a hoot to read through -- old europe on 5 dollars a day, the baedeckers guides and michelin green guides to various regions of france.

We keep most all of our old travel guides. I like to see how things have changed and often will go back and refer to things that we had noted in said guidebooks.

How about you?

lala

Due to lack of space and frequent moves, I don't keep much. Very sorry! I had a terrific guide book for Venice that was a beautiful piece of work. Lovely binding etc. Long gone! No one in my family is a nester. We all move around. No one to keep the goodies.

My favorite is Italy: A Phaidon Cultural Guide. It's stained and some of the pages are stuck together, but it's still the best guidebook I've ever had.

I keep all my old book and they now occupy a whole section of my bookcase.
Most books contain still very useful info and only things like hotel or restaurant reviews might be out-dated.

I even have a copy of Europe on $5 and $10 a day. It make real interesting reading like how to get tickets for for Theatre Royal Haymarket 40 pence ( most expensive seats were $5.00) and admission to the Tate or National gallery was 10 cents.
Included also a four course meal at a "great"
Venice restuarant one block from St Marks for $1.70.
mike

Not everything was better then, admission to the Tate(s) and the National Galler(ies) is now free!