Along with frequent-flier miles and a passport packed with colorful stamps, almost every experienced globetrotter has at least one great story about a one-night stand in a foreign land. Which isn’t surprising. Traveling is so romantic in nature — moonlight over unfamiliar cityscapes, trains rumbling through thousand-year-old crumbling vistas — it would seem a shame not to share it with someone. And practically speaking, of course, hooking up with a winsome local means you’ve got an insider’s guide to the best restaurants and someone to help you work off the calories later.
Mike Edison, musician and author of I Have Fun Everywhere I Go 
…. (Faber and Faber), has traveled the world with various rock bands and has become something of an expert on the short-lived liaison. I recently sat down with the musician and picked his brain on the ins and outs of intercontinental intercourse. (more . . .)
