stackyFACTSForget online reviews. In the late 1700s, early Grand Tour travelers like Thomas Manning and William Bray functioned as an elite, painfully slow gossip network.
Forget online reviews. In the late 1700s, early Grand Tour travelers like Thomas Manning and William Bray functioned as an elite, painfully slow gossip network. They wrote extensive letters and shared marginalia warning their rich friends about which Italian inns had bedbugs and which guides were actively trying to rob them. It was a completely closed-loop survival guide for aristocrats terrified of experiencing actual local culture.
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