10 Must-Pack Items for a Europe Winter Trip
23:53 28/01/2016
The weather in Europe in the wintertime is fickle. From sunny and mild in southern parts of the continent to downright frigid in others, packing for the...
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Your Top Travel Pet Peeves
23:51 28/01/2016
Last week, I offered up a candid review of my pet peeves while on the road. Every once in a while, a post generates comments worth sharing — and this...
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Cooking with Chef Roberto: New Olive Oil and Old Wine
20:51 28/01/2016
As I like to do every couple of weeks, today I’m sharing a post from Cameron Hewitt (co-author of many of my Europe guidebooks). If you like this tasty...
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How to live fully now (of course it involves travel!)
5:26 28/01/2016
Surrounded by so much beauty, I lost control. While riding across the coastal hills on the remote East Cape of New Zealand, my horse began cantering up a...
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Ringing in the (Bulgarian) New Year with a Blessing
21:11 27/01/2016
On the last day of our guide summit, our Bulgarian guide, Stefan Bozadzhiev, graced me and our entire staff with a traditional Bulgarian blessing: “Let...
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What Tour Guides Do on Their Day Off...in Seattle
3:46 27/01/2016
Each night during our week-long tour guide summit, our guides enjoyed social activities. On Sunday afternoon — with the busy reunion parties and most of...
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An Irishman in Edmonds Charms Tour Alums
19:09 26/01/2016
At each of our tour alum parties, we give the mic to six or seven of our European guides, who take turns sharing the fun of their own culture and country....
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Reconnecting with Last Year’s Travel Buddies
23:04 25/01/2016
The 20th annual Rick Steves Tour Guide Summit was a multifaceted event. Along with our guides’ festivities, we have our tour alumni party — actually...
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Tour Guide Talent Show: The Great Spanish Debate
20:31 25/01/2016
A highlight of our annual tour guides’ summit is our international talent show, which turns our living room into a jam-packed theater. In this skit,...
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Tour Guide Talent Show: German Comedians
5:53 25/01/2016
It just feels right to invite all of our guides over to my house for a big party as a thanks for the great work they do each tour season. And part of the...
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