Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
A weekly one-hour conversation with guest experts and callers about travel, cultures, people, and the things we find around the world that give life its extra sparkle. Rick Steves is America's leading authority on travel to Europe and beyond. Host and writer of over a hundred public television travel shows and author of 30 best-selling guidebooks, Rick now brings his passion for exploring and understanding our world to public radio. Related travel information and message boards on www.ricksteves.com
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Nov 20, 2011 • 54min
267 Food Adventures; Going Casual; Travel Reports from Challenged Places
Rick explores the flavorful benefits of street food vendors and decidedly unfancy hang outs and checks in with listener travel reports from the tsunami zone in northeast Japan, as well as Mexico City and East Timor.
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Nov 13, 2011 • 54min
266 Sojourning Further; Being Human; Turkish Nomads
Rick checks in with Reverend Jim Wallis and with "The Darwinian Tourist" to discover what they've learned from their travels to far away lands; hears how life is changing for nomadic sheep herders in Turkey; and celebrates cyclist Willie Weir's birthday in Portugal.
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Nov 6, 2011 • 54min
265 Paris Art Scene; Irish Writers; Michelangelo's Florence
Rick discovers the high form of art in Ireland, language, where the works of poets and playwrights add color to parks and pubs. Plus, he gets tips for enjoying speciality museums in Paris, and explores how growing up in Renaissance-era Florence shaped Michelangelo into one of the greatest artists of all time.
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Oct 30, 2011 • 54min
264 Saving Paris Art; Malta; Open Phones: Haunted Europe
Rick learns about the extraordinary measures taken by the citizens of Paris in 1939 to protect thousands of priceless art treasures at the Louvre from the coming Nazi invaders and is introduced to the nation of Malta; listeners share stories about the haunted places they've visited in Europe.
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Oct 23, 2011 • 54min
263 Open Phones: Looking Up Ancestors in Europe; Irish Roots; Highlights of the Low Countries
Rick checks in with European tour guides on researching family history in Ireland; listeners discuss meeting relatives in Sweden and Lithuania; and Low Countries Belgium and the Netherlands, where cozy medieval cities or bike rides to the sea are just a short ride away, are examined.
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Oct 16, 2011 • 54min
223a The Lunatic Express; Open Phones: Travel Discoveries
Carl Hoffman explains what it was like to travel the world on the most notorious, over-crowded trains, planes, busses and ferries — the way most of the planet gets from one city to another. And listeners share their own travel discoveries and suggestions for seeing the world.
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Oct 9, 2011 • 54min
262 Open Phones: Visiting France; Regions of Germany; Cappadocia
Guides from Turkey tell us about the surreal scenery of Cappadocia, where you can glide over an endless panorama of colorful "fairy chimneys," or duck your head in a labyrinth of underground cave cities, decorated with Byzantine murals.
We'll also get acquainted with the regional distinctions of modern Germany, and Rick takes listener calls about their favorite parts of France.
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Oct 2, 2011 • 54min
261 Understanding the French
We continue our exploration of the differences between French and American culture, with the help of a local tour guide who contrasts the expectations of American and French tourists. Also, a journalist based in Paris returns to delve deeper into understanding the seductive nature of the French.
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Sep 25, 2011 • 54min
219a From Tuscany to Tango; Finnish Sauna
Ferenc Mate shares lessons from 20 years in Tuscany, where he and his wife went to turn a 13th century building into their dream home; Camille Cusumano explains how a passion for the tango made her relocate to Buenos Aires; and Fred Plotkin describes the simple pleasure of a cleansing sauna in Finland.
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Sep 18, 2011 • 54min
260 Western Whitewater Adventures; A Readers Grand Tour; Tapas in Spain
A seasoned river guide explains how a camping trip down the Colorado River can be a life altering experience; Nancy Pearl recommends more of her favorite books for armchair adventures; and two guides from Madrid explain the protocol for enjoying local specialties.
For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.
