300 Andrew McCarthy On Location; Fred Plotkin At the Opera; Open Phones-Ask Rick
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
4.3 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2012
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Follow the lead of a seasoned traveler, and you'll discover new ways to make your next vacation terrific. Andrew McCarthy will share how actors on location find ways to connect with the locals, and Fred Plotkin illustrates how to plug into the excitement at some of his favorite opera venues in Europe. Also, Rick helps listeners planning trips to Barcelona and Paris.
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| 0:00.0 | Great travels are a lot more than just looking at the scenery. |
| 0:04.0 | Hi, I'm Rick Steeves. |
| 0:05.0 | Actor Andrew McCarthy joins us today on Travel with Rick Steves to share tales from the world travels |
| 0:10.0 | that actors have brought back from being on location. |
| 0:14.0 | Even when your travels wander off script, |
| 0:16.0 | it can be just another invitation to make new friends. |
| 0:20.0 | Even if I don't need it sometimes just to sort of break the ice with people, |
| 0:22.0 | I just say, can you help me? |
| 0:24.0 | And they go, oh, you're from America. |
| 0:25.0 | Oh, I have a cousin of Poughkeeps, and blah, by, and all of a sudden you're at their house for dinner. |
| 0:29.0 | And even if you don't hold season tickets to the opera, my interview with Fred Plotkin might just convince you to make |
| 0:34.2 | a night at the opera a high note of your next trip. |
| 0:37.5 | If you are removed from the worries and stresses of daily life and can sit surrounded by beauty, surrounded by emotion. |
| 0:45.6 | It's a very transporting event. |
| 0:48.0 | We'll also check in with listeners looking for a little help planning their next trip to Europe. |
| 0:53.0 | Come along as we do the next best thing to taking a trip, |
| 0:56.0 | talking about it. |
| 0:57.0 | It's Travel with Rick Steeves. |
| 1:00.0 | It's only a number, but we're celebrating today on Travel with Rick Steves because this is show number 300. |
| 1:07.0 | Seven and a half years after we embarked on our radio adventures together, we're having more fun than ever. We're glad you could come |
| 1:14.0 | along today as we expand our horizons and enjoy the world. Coming up, Fred |
| 1:18.9 | Plotkin recommends how to enjoy a sensory-filled getaway at the opera and listeners look for a little help |
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