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Vacations for the Nerd in You
Some vacationers pine for naps on a beach, or thrill to ever-expanding hotel amenities. For Don Phillips, excitement about coming travel ramps up when he receives the reading list.
In recent years, Phillips has traveled to England's University of Oxford to study Dickens and Celtic literature, and to Athens and Thessaloniki to study classic Greek texts. He is currently diving into the works of James Joyce in preparation for a weeklong Joyce course in Dublin.
