Video: The Smartest Way to Travel is with a Guidebook
1:04 17/06/2017
Overcome by the merging of my love of Paris and my love of guidebooks while enjoying Paris’ Panthéon, I just had to shoot this little clip. This is Day...
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Video: The Eiffel Tower — How High Do You Want to Go?
21:40 15/06/2017
The big Eiffel Tower question: How high is high enough? Going up the Eiffel Tower is one of the great travel thrills in Europe. Given the cost, the long...
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Looking Back at “Mona Winks”
0:56 15/06/2017
Photo: thetravelphile.com Once upon a time, long ago, before the Internet, there was a Rick Steves guidebook called Mona Winks which contained historic...
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Video: Pondering Political Nepotism at Napoleon’s Tomb
20:40 13/06/2017
One of history’s greatest megalomaniacs was Napoleon Bonaparte. I’m forever enthralled by the majesty of his tomb and the memorials to his family...
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Some Parisian Observations
20:43 12/06/2017
I’m in Paris, updating my Rick Steves Paris guidebook and snapping photos of various observations I’m making along the way. People come to Paris for...
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Video: Rue Cler’s “Deux Pour Douze” Breakfast
23:31 11/06/2017
In our guidebook work, we love to identify a travel challenge and find a fix. For example, there are two problems with hotel breakfasts in Paris: They are...
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Who Got Pickpocketed in Paris? Me!
23:42 10/06/2017
For me, my personal safety in Europe is the same as in the USA: I don’t give it much of a thought. But I am fully aware that there’s a huge risk of...
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Video: Feelin’ Groovy in Paris
20:36 09/06/2017
It’s so great to be in Paris. You know, I love great cities all over Europe. But, seriously, there is no place like Paris. Each morning I set out from...
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Video: France Chose Hope Over Fear
19:14 08/06/2017
France, like America, reached a fork in the political road in its last election. We turned one way (by about 80,000 votes in three key states out of a...
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On the Hunt for Top Paris Eateries
0:26 08/06/2017
Photo: Me taking a research break along the Seine, by thetravelphile.com I’m kicking off a busy stretch researching and updating my Rick Steves Paris...
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