When you get acquainted with the country with the help of a native guide, you get clued in to the many little things that make it fun to make new friends.

Germans are crazy about biking. I think maybe for the first time that Germans are really respectful of the Dutch because the Dutch are even more obsessed with bikes and they wish they could all be a little bit more Dutch.

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Today on Travel with Rick Steve's Fabian Ruger points out what makes Germany distinct from its neighbors region by region.

And in the middle of Turkey there's an area that's famous for its rocky landscape of fairy chimneys

and cave dwellings decorated with Byzantine murals from centuries long past,

where you can still sense the shadows of ancient times

in a dusty hillside village.

Gousseljord is a place it feels as if time stopped in the 12th century a.

Nature-wise, it's nothing to compare with.

And we'll start out with your calls with listener travel reports about visiting France.

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early morning bus ride through the middle of Turkey, and you'll swear your dreaming when you see the colorful rock towers of Capidocia.

Two guides from Turkey open up the sights of Capidocia for us a little later in the hour ahead.

And we'll also get acquainted with Germany, region by region, with the help of a guide who was raised in Berlin.

That's all coming up today on Travel with Rick Steeves.

On last week's show, our two guests helped us better understand French culture from the inside out,

and that's inspired a few listener calls on the subject.

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and we're talking about visiting France.

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