Petr Weil’s travel stories are a special genre: a combination of travel notes, literary essays, and memoirs. And it also combines movement through space with movement through time. This is prose by a passionate and sharp-eyed observer, an erudite researcher, and a vivid writer. “Travel is serious,” Weil would say—though he wrote about his trips with fun, wit, and infectious charm. That is why his books have become an indispensable guide for many readers in their journeys.