190a The Pilgrim's Italy; Hape Kerkeling's Santiago de Compostela

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🗓️ 24 March 2012

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Colleen Heater, author of "The Pilgrim's Italy", describes how 21st century travelers can find inspiration at Italy's many religious shrines; a tour guide in Siena tells us about resoration efforts along the old pilgrim's trail from England to Rome; and a German comic confides what he learned from a month-long trek to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

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0:00.0	While Pilgrims might seem like an artifact from the Middle Ages,
0:04.0	modern-day Pilgrims of all stripes still light candles in holy places.
0:08.0	Hi, I'm Rick Steves.
0:10.0	Today on Travel with Rick Steves, we're looking at two of Europe's top destinations for people including a spiritual dimension in their travels.
0:17.5	There's a saint in Italy almost in every town.
0:20.5	Colleen Heater will join us in a moment to explore pilgrim sites and shrines in Italy.
0:25.0	And we'll check in with Roberto Becky in Siena to find out why he's excited about efforts to restore more of the ancient pilgrim trail from England to Rome.
0:32.0	Yeah, we should meet in the road and not pass each other. more of the ancient pilgrim trail from England to Rome.
0:32.6	Yeah, we should meet in the road and not pass each other like we do today.
0:36.6	We'll also meet an unlikely pilgrim from Germany, Comic Hape Kircheleng, who spent a month walking across Spain on the Camino de Santiago.
0:45.0	Well what makes the way so interesting is that it's not a normal walk so you won't
0:49.5	encounter normal tourists but pilgrims and they're searching for something.
0:54.2	A pilgrim's inspiration in Italy and Spain is just ahead on travel with Rick Steves.
1:00.6	Modern day pilgrims are traveling to find inspiration from ancient sites and religious shrines.
1:06.0	Today on travel with Rick Steeves, we'll hear from a German who took a month off from being a comedian in Germany
1:12.0	to hike the increasingly popular pilgrim route from France
1:14.8	all the way to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
1:17.8	Let's start with Colleen Heater.
1:23.0	She and her husband have traveled to dozens of religious pilgrim sites in Italy to learn the story behind them
1:28.0	and to find their own inspiration.
1:30.0	Colleen joins us from her hometown of Nevada City, California.
1:34.0	Colleen, thanks for joining us.
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