American Tourists in Europe Become American (2)

ANNETTE TELLS TALES Put Your Seatbelt On! Americans are Back in Europe, and It's More Fascinating Than Ever.

How Long Is This Post? 7800 words, about 35 minutes. And it’s on the Non-Boring History website, in case now isn’t a good time!

Washington Irving in the archives in Seville, Spain, painted by his pal, Scottish artist David Wilkie. Irving spent 17 years in Europe, before returning home in 1832. He even wrote Rip Van Winkle, that most American of stories i…