\'Who could read the programme for the excursion without longing to make one of the party?\' So Mark Twain acclaims his voyage from New York City to Europe and the Holy Land in June 1867.
He was making his first responses to the Old World - to Paris, Milan, Florence, Venice, Pompeii, Constantinople, Sebastopol, Balaklava, Damascus, Jerusalem, Nazaret.
His adventures produced The Innocents Abroad , a book so funny and provocative it made him an international star for the rest of his life. \'Who could read the programme for the excursion without longing to make one of the party?\' So Mark Twain acclaims his voyage from New York City to Europe and the Holy Land in June 1867