321a Ask Rick; A Heart for Street Art; Urban Explorers
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
4.5 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2014
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Meet an urban explorer who tells us why his favorite part of Paris is underground, and how he gets to enjoy a view of the Manhattan skyline from the top of the Brooklyn Bridge. We'll also hear how a street artist brings color and panache to people around the world. Also, soon-to-be travelers ask Rick for advice on upcoming trips to Europe.
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| 0:00.0 | When you give a child a paintbrush for the first time, prepare to be amazed. |
| 0:04.0 | And he looked up in me with these cloudy eyes and a big smile on his face, |
| 0:08.0 | and he said, I paint the darkness. The darkness is very beautiful. There are many color lights in the darkness. |
| 0:15.0 | Hi, I'm Rick Steeves. Today on Travel with Rick Steeves, you'll be inspired by my talented niece |
| 0:20.1 | Nikolaina. She's an artist who travels the world to bring the tools of public art. Nie |
| 0:23.4 | Nikolaina. She's an artist who travels the world to bring the tools of public art, |
| 0:25.0 | paint, brushes, and a lot of enthusiasm to neighborhoods all over the world. |
| 0:29.7 | And we'll meet someone who can describe the view from the top of the Brooklyn Bridge. |
| 0:33.7 | You look below you and you're standing on a narrow little platform of metal or stone, |
| 0:39.6 | and yet you are intensely and electrically connected to the city. |
| 0:44.0 | Moses Gates finds beauty in sewer mains, catacombs, and on the other side of Do Not Enter |
| 0:48.8 | signs all around the world. |
| 0:50.4 | I love climbing bridges. |
| 0:51.6 | I would love it if my grandmother were able to climb bridges also. |
| 0:54.0 | Urban Explorers, Public Art, and more in the hour ahead on Travel with Rick Steves. |
| 0:59.0 | I really admire my niece, Nicolina. |
| 1:02.0 | She's been making Public Art in New York City. I really admire my niece, Nicolina. |
| 1:03.0 | She's been making public art in New York City now for more than 10 years. |
| 1:07.0 | Her infectious enthusiasm has been getting people young and old all around the world to add color and a little heart into their neighborhoods. |
| 1:15.0 | Coming up today on Travel with Rick Steves, |
| 1:17.0 | Nicolina shares her passion for public art with us. |
| 1:20.0 | I expect she just might brighten up your world too. |
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