Tuesday, March 27, 2007

She left school at 15 to live in a hippy squat in London. She tended bar in a strip joint…inspected bolts at a factory…waitressed in a Chinese restaurant…and clerked at a print shop where she typed invoices and lied to customers about why their orders weren’t ready. Today she is International Living’s Roving Euro Editor, and regularly sends us notes from even further afield.

And as far as Steenie Harvey is concerned, it’s the best job in the world. After all, who wouldn’t want to travel the globe and get paid for it? With her shrewd eye for detail, and a razor sharp wit, Steenie has enlightened and entertained us all for more than 12 years.

Possessing a wisdom that only comes from years on the road, she pulls no punches in her writing. Always honest, and with the unerring knack of getting into the cracks of a place, Steenie discovers what it’s really like, and reports back with humor and style.

Now, in a new report (available free to you as a reader of these Postcards), we’ve tried to bring together some of the best of Steenie’s reports, articles, and tips…a near impossible task given the huge choice.

We call it Tales From the Road–the Best of Steenie Harvey. Read it online here or download it in PDF format here.

Mr. Savvy Traveler
For International Living