107 Look East: Eastern Europe to Eastern Turkey

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Rick Steves

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🗓️ 9 September 2007

⏱️ 53 minutes

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If you're looking to travel where the old has become new again you'll do well to look East. On this week's Travel with Rick Steves, three of Rick's friends discuss their home countries of Hungary, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic and how to get the most there for your dollar. We'll also venture into the heart of the ancient world with an overview of the sites of Eastern Turkey. Tour guide Mehlika Seval tells us why she loves the traditional Eastern half of her country, where deeply-rooted cultures carry on with little interruption from tourism. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Rick Steeves. Travelers often ask me about emerging destinations in Europe.
0:06.0	They want a rich cultural scene, warm welcome, no crowds, and a place where their dollar might stretch a little further.
0:11.0	I usually say, look east. And on today's
0:14.5	addition of travel with Rick Steve's, we're doing just that. Three of my tour guide
0:18.6	friends from Eastern Europe join us to promote the distinctive appeal of
0:21.6	their home countries.
0:23.0	In true American fashion, we'll let them compete for your business
0:26.0	as we learn more about tourism in Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovenia.
0:31.0	And then for even more travel thrills, we'll travel to eastern Turkey.
0:35.9	Most tourists stick to Istanbul on the cruise ports and resorts in western Turkey, but we're
0:40.4	heading east.
0:41.4	We're surviving caravan Sarai's evoke stories of the Silk Road,
0:45.0	where the village economy seems to be little more than hay, dung, and ducks,
0:49.0	and where the favorite family festival celebrates a circumcision.
0:52.0	They call it a wedding without the in-laws.
0:55.0	We're looking east today and I'm glad you can come along.
0:58.0	It's Travel with Rick Steeves.
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1:12.0	American Airlines knows why you fly.
1:14.0	Hi, I'm Rick Steves. Today on Travel with Rick Steves, we venture to the Eastern Frontiers
1:19.8	in the European Union and Eastern Turkey. Three of my tour guide friends will join us in a moment to talk about their home countries,
1:26.0	places with an old Habsburg heritage, with an overlooked charm and an underappreciated value.
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