Rick Steves
Rick Steves
Richard "Rick" Stevesis an American author and television personality focusing on European travel. He is the host of the American Public Television series Rick Steves' Europe, has a public radio travel show called Travel with Rick Steves and has authored numerous travel guides...
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth10 May 1955
CityEdmonds, WA
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What little history we've got in this rugged little corner of ours, we want to treasure. In Europe, they don't bulldoze things thoughtlessly. They preserve them.
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We're enjoying a great deal of success in attracting film crews to York and we're working closely with the city council to make York the most film-friendly city in the UK.
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Travel is intensified living . . . and one of the last great sources of legal adventure.
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I'm just a travel writer trying to get more horsepower, more amplification.
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It's important to go with the flow. If you go to a restaurant in Spain at 7 p.m., that's bad news. The staff is eating then.
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It's wasteful to have a train pass just ticking away.
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Eastern Europe has been really trendy. Prague is the best-preserved city in the region ... and the best beer in Europe lands on your table there for 50 cents.
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Despite the ease of ATMs, we still recommend bringing some of your funds in traveler's checks -- enough to get you through a few days in an emergency. They are quicker to replace than ATM cards if they are lost or stolen, and they're not prone to being demagnetized or gobbled up by a cranky machine,
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It's the cheap alternative to the Italian Riviera.
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You can't explain India to people. I can explain Ireland, Norway, the Alps, but I can't explain India.
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Buy travelers checks in U.S. dollars ... rather than in European currency. If you don't use them abroad, you can use them when you get home or cash them in at your bank without having to reconvert.
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I believe, very strongly, that it is the responsible, adult, recreational, no apologies necessary, 'it just makes my music more fun,' recreational use of marijuana is a civil liberty.
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If you don't like a place, maybe you don't know enough about it... Give a culture the benefit of your open mind.