TY - SOUND AU - Bensen,Clara TI - No baggage: a minimalist tale of love and wandering SN - 9781504662192 U1 - 910.4092 23 PY - 2016///] CY - [Ashland, Or.] PB - Blackstone Audio, Inc. KW - Bensen, Clara KW - Women travelers KW - Europe KW - Americans KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Online dating KW - Audiobooks KW - lcgft KW - Travel writing N1 - Blackstone Audio: ZMbfyx N2 - When Clara Bensen arranged to meet Jeff Wilson on the steps of the Texas State Capitol after just a few email exchanges on OK Cupid, it felt like something big was going to happen. Jeff is a wildly energetic university professor with a freewheeling spirit. Clara is a sensitive, reclusive writer just recovering from a quarterlife existential breakdown. Within a few days of knowing one another, they decide to embark on a crazy experiment: a 21-day minimalist travel adventure, from Istanbul to London, with zero luggage, zero reservations, and zero plans. They want to test a simple question: what happens when you welcome the unknown instead of attempting to control it? Donning a single green dress and a small purse containing a comb, a toothbrush, and a credit card, Clara travels through eight countries in three weeks. No Baggage is at once a romance, a travelogue, and a bright modern take on the classic questions: how does one find the courage to explore? And is it really possible to maintain love and personal freedom? ER -