It's only natural when you're touring someplace new to compare it to what you're

accustomed to back home. Hi, I'm Rick Steves, and we're flipping that dynamic around a

bit in the hour ahead on today's travel with Rick Steves. Three Native-born Europeans who make their living

leading Americans around their home Turfi chair are joining us at our home base

and we'll ask them to share their own impressions of what stands out about America

when they come to visit us here.

When you say, okay, this is the land of possibility, but that means sometimes family needs to be

on the site maybe?

Our guest coming up are Tinaina Heiti from Slovenia, Francesca Caruso

from Rome and Barry Maloney from Ireland where Celtic roots run deep all the way

under the Atlantic. I find that Americans are very well connected to Europe through their history, through their family tree.

And that's what makes us, you know, feel at home together.

We're getting a new angle on our own backyard on today's travel with Rick Steeves.

Thanks for joining us.

On today's travel with Rick Steeves,

we thought we'd turn things around a bit and ask some of our tour guide friends from Europe to share their impressions of America,

and what kinds of things stand out when they come to visit us here in our country.

Later in the hour, we us here in our country.

Later in the hour, we'll check in with listeners for memorable ways to connect with the locals

to make our European experiences more vivid.

We're at 877337425 and our email address is radio at Rick Steeves.com.

Joining us right now are Tina Haiti from Slovenia, Francesca Caruso who lives in Rome, and Barry Maloney who hails from Kinsale in Ireland's

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