25 Panama and Renting a French Country Home

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Rick Steves

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🗓️ 2 October 2005

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Guidebook Author William Friar spent his childhood in Panama, and lets us know about post-Noriega Panama...where one U.S. dollar will buy you dinner. He'll also discuss how travelers can easily find a tropical landscape shared more by birds and butterflies than with other tourists. We'll then learn more about the 'gite' ("jheet") system of renting a French country home by the week, from an American who bought one in Burgundy. 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	For many travelers, once you've enjoyed Paris, spending some time relaxing down on the farm sounds pretty good.
0:08.0	Hi, I'm Rick Steeves. The French have made it easy to arrange a rural vacation by renting a room or an entire farmhouse with an
0:15.4	accommodation system they call Jitz.
0:18.4	Steve Smith, an American who owns a Jit in Burgundy, is here to let us in on how you can spend a week or two
0:24.8	decompressing the way the French do. And for a rich experience in Central America
0:30.7	we're getting a peek at Panama from guidebook author Bill Friar.
0:35.2	There's much more than the canal zone and it's just waiting to be discovered.
0:39.1	You just need to know what to look for and what to look out for. We're laying low on the French countryside, swinging
0:46.2	through the jungles of Panama and taking your calls. It's all coming right up on
0:51.4	travel with Rick Steeves.
0:55.0	But first, this.
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1:12.0	American Airlines knows why you fly. There's so much more to
1:15.8	Panama than its canal. We'll swing through the cultural and natural
1:19.3	wonders of this plush country with its intense jungles and its friendly people coming right up on
1:24.6	travel with Rick Steves.
1:27.3	And so many Americans tour Europe in the frantic, if it's Tuesday it must be Belgium style.
1:32.6	But there's a slow, much more relaxing alternative popular among Europeans.
1:37.0	It's renting self-catered apartments by the week.
1:40.9	We'll learn all about the French system of by the week rented self-catering
1:44.8	apartments coming up on travel with Rick Steve's. First your calls and
1:50.0	emails.
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