319a Europe by Rail; American Comfort Food; European Travel Reports
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
4.3 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2015
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
One of America's top experts on European train travel shares her tips for making the most of Europe's extensive train network, and explains how rail passes work — and how to know when they’re a bargain. Then Road Food experts Jane and Michael Stern tell us what they look for in hometown "comfort food" restaurants, where everyone feels welcome. And listeners check in with reports on special travel moments from France, Spain, Poland, and Italy.
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| 0:00.0 | You can make it the most important meal of your day when you eat at one of the eateries that help to define American comfort food. |
| 0:07.0 | The local restaurants, diners, and greasy spoons that Jane and Michael Stern spend their days seeking out, offer more than just a quick bite. |
| 0:15.8 | When you walk in and you get that family feeling that even people who don't know you seem to want to know you. |
| 0:24.2 | You cannot feel lonely in one of these places. |
| 0:26.8 | Hi, I'm Rick Steves. |
| 0:28.1 | The Stearns are back on today's travel with Rick Steves |
| 0:30.5 | with more suggestions for how to plan for good home cooking on your next road trip, |
| 0:35.0 | the kind that comes with a side order of TLC. |
| 0:38.0 | And to help plan your next trip to Europe, the owner of a tourist information service at the Munich train station, helps us |
| 0:44.2 | understand the advantages of using a rail pass in Europe. |
| 0:48.0 | I think it's one of the most beautiful routes in all of Europe. |
| 0:50.8 | We'll also open up the phones to hear where listeners like you are traveling. |
| 0:54.0 | It's all just ahead on Travel with Rick Steve's. |
| 0:57.0 | A good meal ought to include more than just food on a plate. Coming up in just a bit today on Travel |
| 1:06.3 | with Rick Steve's, Jane and Michael Stern are back to share their latest tips for finding American |
| 1:11.7 | comfort food that's a good value, complete with an atmosphere that'll make you feel right at home even on a cross-country road trip. |
| 1:20.0 | And when I travel in Europe for more than two decades now, I've been meeting up with Alan Vissenberg at his tourist information booth in the Munich train station. |
| 1:29.0 | If anyone can figure out the complexities of rail travel in Europe, he can. He's here to help us suss out when the continent's passenger rail |
| 1:37.6 | options are still a better deal than booking a seat on one of those |
| 1:40.6 | discount airlines so popular in Europe these days. |
| 1:44.0 | Alan, thanks for being here. |
| 1:45.0 | Rick, it's nice to be here. |
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