A Tramp Abroad

A Tramp Abroad is a work of non-fiction travel literature by
American author Mark Twain, published in 1880. The book details a journey by the
author, with his friend Harris (a character created for the book, and based on
his closest friend, Joseph Twichell), through central and southern Europe. While
the stated goal of the journey is to walk most of the way, the men find
themselves using other forms of transport as they traverse the continent. The
book is often thought to be an unofficial sequel to an earlier Twain travel
book, The Innocents Abroad.

As the two men make their way through Germany, the Alps, and Italy, they
encounter situations made all the more humorous by their reactions to them. The
narrator (Twain) plays the part of the American tourist of the time, believing
that he understands all that he sees, but in reality understanding none of
it.

 — Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.