An astonishing rediscovery: At the beginning of the 1950s, a young woman embarked on a world tour, alone and without any money in her pocket. Starting from Vienna, she traveled through India, Burma, and Japan, all the way to the USA. Along the way, she narrowly escaped being taken into Prince Abdul's harem, fell out of a house in Japan through a paper door, and was overwhelmed by crowds at the Taj Mahal because she glowed even whiter than the mausoleum at night. In post-war America, her courage was celebrated as a sensation. Katharina von Arx's account reads as modern and fresh as if it were a guide for today's globetrotters - and it shows how she faced the adventure: primarily by being able to laugh at herself.