Tag: Rick Steves

Travel Writer as Curator

by Rick Steves | 11.03.09 | 9:51 AM ET

On the state of newspapers and the role of tour guides and guidebook writers

Tags: Guidebooks, Rick Steves, Tourism, Travel Books, Travel Writing

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Reviving Brand America

by Rick Steves | 09.17.09 | 11:57 AM ET

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Exploring Europe, exploring travel as a political act

Tags: Americans Abroad, Barack Obama, Nation Branding, Politics, Rick Steves, Europe, France, Germany

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European Flesh and the American Prude

by Rick Steves | 09.08.09 | 12:54 PM ET

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Exploring Europe, exploring travel as a political act

Tags: Rick Steves, Romantic Travel, Europe, Andorra, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

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The Virtue of European Tolerance

by Rick Steves | 09.01.09 | 10:23 AM ET

Exploring Europe, exploring travel as a political act

Tags: Global Village, Politics, Rick Steves, Europe, Netherlands, Amsterdam

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Immigrants, Treasure Your Heritage—and Melt

by Rick Steves | 08.26.09 | 11:43 AM ET

Exploring Europe, exploring travel as a political act

Tags: Global Village, Politics, Rick Steves, Europe, Denmark, Copenhagen, North America, United States

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Rick Steves and David Sedaris, Redux

by Eva Holland | 07.28.09 | 10:55 AM ET

This weekend on his radio show, Rick Steves re-played an entertaining interview with David Sedaris on his time as an expat in Paris and Tokyo. In case you missed it when it first aired last fall, here it is in full.

Tags: Audio, Rick Steves, News and Briefs

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Rick Steves, It’s Time For a Tijuana-Off!

by Jim Benning | 06.12.07 | 6:09 PM ET

Photo by Jim Benning

The travel guru recently suggested that the Mexican border city is a hellhole. Tijuana-defender Jim Benning invites him to go mano a mano, travel writer-style, south of the border.

Tags: Lucha Libre, Nation Branding, Rick Steves, North America, Mexico, Baja California, Tijuana

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Rick Steves: “If the Bed is Too Short, You Are Too Long”

by Jim Benning | 01.20.06 | 1:50 PM ET

I didn’t come across anything I didn’t already know about Rick Steves in yesterday’s Bellingham Herald profile, but I loved this quote about the bed. It perfectly summarizes Steves’ relentlessly upbeat approach to travel—an approach we could all benefit from when inevitable travel disappointments arise.

Tags: Hotels, Rick Steves, News and Briefs

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Andrew Steves: Travels in Dad’s Footsteps

by Jim Benning | 06.21.05 | 1:19 PM ET

For young Americans, the first solo trip to Europe is a rite of passage. But what's in store if your father is the king of Europe guidebook writers? Jim Benning finds out.

Tags: Guidebooks, Rick Steves, Train Travel, Europe