Hello, so Dylan here, and I've got some news, which is that Alice Obscura is releasing

its next big book, Gastro Obscura.

It is co-authored by Cessli Wong and yours truly, and it's the work of a whole team of

folks who we've been basically compiling the world's most interesting recipes, restaurants,

ingredients, food histories, and putting them into this world's edible wonders between

two covers.

Hundreds of pages, hundreds of entries, it is a guide to eating, to travel, and to the

joy and diversity found in food cultures the world over.

So if this sounds like something you would be interested in, please check it out.

It's called Gastro Obscura, and pre-orders actually make a huge impact on the success

of the book.

So if you order one now, it would mean a lot.

Anyway, I hope you like it, and on to the show.

I'm Dylan Thoris, and this is Atlas Obscura, a celebration of the world's strange, incredible,

and wondrous places.

Today, I'm going to bring you more stories of travel from our listeners, and these

three share a common theme.

Each of these wonderful curious listeners had a profound experience while looking out

over a body of water.

And something I relate deeply to, I grew up all around tons of lakes, and there's

something about staring at the water, staring at the ocean.

That's like staring up into the stars.

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