166 A Brilliant Teacher Around the World; Southern California Sidetrips

Travel with Rick Steves

Rick Steves

Rick Steves, Public Radio, 721132, Europe, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Npr, Travel

4.3 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2009

⏱️ 52 minutes

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If travel is the best education - imagine what you could learn when you take a year off to take your family around the world? We'll hear how an average family of five engaged in "world schooling," and how it brought them closer together as they spent time in a variety of cultures all over the world. In addition, Rick checks in with a Lonely Planet author in Southern California, with tips for family fun and finding cultures from across the world in Los Angeles. 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	If you're a parent, have you considered the incredible education your family would receive by traveling together all around the world?
0:06.5	Stephen Toby Ryan took their three kids out of elementary school to follow the sun from New Zealand to Thailand, all across across Europe down to Africa, Central America, and then clear down to Argentina.
0:17.0	By the time they returned to Salem back in Oregon, eight months of world travel gave them irreplaceable time together as a family and the kids got more
0:24.4	of an education than they could have ever imagined.
0:26.9	They shook hands with people clear across the planet.
0:29.7	Hi, I'm Rick Steves.
0:31.3	Stay with us as we hear how an average family of five visited 30 countries
0:35.4	on five continents and see how you can do it too. And for adventure without a passport,
0:40.5	we'll check in with Lonely Plan planets Andy Bender in Los Angeles.
0:44.2	He's got suggestions for exploring Southern California, where the world comes to America.
0:49.0	Whether you plan to take the family around the world or are simply looking for a little
0:52.3	ethnic variety closer to home,
0:54.0	we'll help you plan adventures for the whole family in the hour ahead.
0:57.0	It's Travel with Rick Steeves.
1:00.0	Travel with Rick Steeves is made possible in part by American Airlines, with 4,
1:03.9	4,000 flights to 250 cities in 40 countries around the world every day.
1:09.0	It's easy to book your next flight at AA.com.
1:12.0	American Airlines knows why you fly. To bring your family
1:15.8	closer than ever, how about packing one bag each and taking time off to see the
1:19.9	world together? Today on Travel with Rick Steeeves we're hearing how a family on a
1:24.4	teacher salary took a year off to experience the world and how world schooling
1:28.8	changed their lives. Later in the hour we'll look at a part of the United States where more ethnic neighborhoods
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