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Travel with Rick Steves

282 Easter in the Holy Land; Even More Places To See Before You Die; Travels of Andrew McCarthy

Travel with Rick Steves

Rick Steves

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

4.32.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2012

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

"One Thousand Places to See Before You Die" author Patricia Schultz shares new places she's included in the updated version of her book, actor and travel writer Andrew McCarthy tells Rick why he's made a second home in Ireland, and Eva Marie Everson describes dozens of sacred sites in Israel from her guidebook.

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0:00.0

Whether it's a two-week vacation, a semester studying abroad, or a chapter a night before bed,

0:05.8

travel can be a powerful force in your life.

0:08.4

Everybody loves to travel, if not physically and really, then in their dreams, in their armchairs, in their minds.

0:16.0

People just love the thought of striking out and finding adventure.

0:19.7

Hi, I'm Rick Steves.

0:21.0

Best-selling author Patricia Schultz joins us today on Travel with Rick

0:24.3

Steeves to explain why the more she travels the more she's convinced that we all

0:29.1

need to get out and see our world. For actor Andrew McCarthy exploring his ancestors' stomping

0:34.6

grounds in Ireland changed his life. I found myself in tune and in sync with

0:39.3

myself in a way I hadn't ever been before and I felt like myself from the toes up.

0:43.6

Well for Ava Marie Everson, a trip to the Holy Land breathes life into her faith.

0:48.0

There is a tomb and you can see the place where the stone would have been rolled in front of the cave.

0:53.7

Stay with us for the hour ahead as we stoke our appetites for exploring our world.

0:58.0

It's Travel with Rick Steeves.

1:00.7

A couple of weeks ago on Travel with Rick Steeves, we heard from a European comedian who had

1:05.0

had a life-changing experience walking the pilgrim's trail to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

1:12.1

Coming up in the hour ahead, another entertainer actor Andrew McCarthy

1:15.9

tells us what happened to him during his own long hike down that same medieval trail

1:20.4

and also why Ireland is just updated her bestseller a thousand places to see before you die.

1:30.0

She joins us today to tell us what's changed in the book and how her latest travels have actually changed her.

1:36.0

We'll start with an Easter observance in Israel.

1:39.0

Ava Marie Eversin is an American Christian who teamed up with an American-born Israeli Jew to write a guide for religious-themed travels to the Holy Land. Their book is called Reflections of God's Holy Land, and it comes with personal insights and photos pegged to specific

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