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Travel with Rick Steves

247 Hungarian Countryside; Scottish Highlands and Islands

Travel with Rick Steves

Rick Steves

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

4.32.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2011

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

We're heading past the major cities to explore the countryside of both Hungary and Scotland. We'll find out why Lake Balaton has been a favorite getaway for Hungarian families for years. Also, we'll recognize where in Scotland's Highlands and western islands you can taste a spiritual energy — along with a good whisky — far from the tourist crowds. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

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Take a city boy from Budapest and a country girl from small town hungry and it's likely to be a memorable night for all

0:07.0

Especially when they entertain their American guests

0:09.5

There's always a good reason in Hungary to come together to your favorite winery and enjoy the evening.

0:15.0

I'm Rick Steeves. Today on Travel with Rick Steeves two friends from Hungary guide us into the customs of their country's smaller towns,

0:22.0

where the wine and Gulash are always part of the festivities.

0:25.0

If it's a big thing, let's say you celebrate the birth of a baby, then you bring in a gypsy band,

0:31.0

you cook goulash, stew and things like that. So it's heavy, heavy, heavy,

0:35.4

and tour guide And Doig takes us through the islands and the highlands of Scotland, where the landscape does

0:40.5

its magic like nowhere else. They're so ancient, particularly further up in the northwest

0:45.0

where it gets really, really rugged.

0:47.0

And if you climb some of those hills,

0:48.0

it makes all your problems seem a little smaller

0:51.0

because these hills have been around for so long.

0:53.0

Join us for some countryside charm in Hungary and Scotland.

0:57.0

It's travel with Rick Steeves.

1:00.0

Most smaller countries have one major city that serves as the portal for visitors.

1:05.0

Hi, I'm Rick Steeves.

1:07.0

Today on Travel with Rick Steeves, we're heading beyond the attractions of Budapest and Edinburgh

1:12.0

to delve deeper into the personalities of small town

1:14.9

Hungary and Scotland.

1:17.4

That's where the people and their traditional ways of life survive and have a chance to calm

1:21.1

down busy American tourists, at least after a few days.

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