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To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.
Bill Bryson
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Bill Bryson
Age: 72
Born: 1951
Born: December 8
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