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Roger Gaess
Author
Whatever Comes My Way: Travels in the Netherlands
Roger Gaess, author
WHATEVER COMES MY WAY is an account of my off-beat travels around the Netherlands, beyond stereotypes, roaming the country up and down, east and west (an eye out for the essence of place), getting off the well-worn track while viewing anew the familiar, seeing what people there were about: always open to chance. For my voice, I fell back onto who I am. That is, I employed a somewhat quirky (arguably iconoclastic) yet informed approach in my narrative. Being myself meant welcoming oddities, strangeness, eccentricities, the absurd, and being open to life's darker face. I appreciated the arts and historical context, and sought them out, but I wasn't hooked on accepted wisdom. My biases were real, though I tested them against common sense. I certainly enjoyed a drink or more (I itemize my beers!), and liked to laugh. And I was driven by a sense of adventure. So, in the writing, I've tossed all the above into the mix.
Reviews
aaron

Roger Gaess writes exquisitely.  The conversations in the book are among the things that made reading ‘Whatever Comes My Way: Travels in The Netherlands’ a fun experience.  The reader can tell that Roger Gaess is a people person.  From cities, small towns, municipalities, off the beaten tracks and every remote location, the author covers everything that needs to be covered for anyone who wishes to travel to The Netherlands.

Jennifer Jackson, Indies Today

At its core, Whatever Comes My Way is a travel guide. But if you’re looking for the next Fodor’s or Frommer’s, look much further! This is a guidebook for those who like to explore the bones of an area.  Gaess treks through the Netherlands with a small amount of research and a healthy dose of curiosity as his guide.  His knack for pinpointing the uniqueness or irony of a situation really shines.

Sarah Jayne

This is a book about a country from one man's point of view because he wants to share his experience with the world.  Not because he has to share it.  The difference is heart.  Readers will learn about various aspects of the Netherlands that traditional travel journals or tomes might leave out.  Gaess shares his experiences with the townsfolk, tales of the off-beaten path that tourists don’t typically traverse and the history of his own life. This is not a cold, detached book.  His writing transports the reader to the Netherlands to experience the country for themselves; a task not all travel books can do.  Some can describe countries, but they don’t establish a connection between the reader and the location.  This book does that.

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