409 Insider's Guide to Venice; Touring Norway

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Rick Steves

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

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🗓️ 20 June 2015

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Explore the charming backstreets of Venice as local guides offer insider advice for avoiding the crush of tourists. Experience the elegance of Venice from its breathtakingly beautiful architecture to its quiet neighborhoods. Also, while Norway tops the list of expensive countries, we'll get budget tips for enjoying Europe's most dramatic coastal scenery.

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0:00.0	Stacey Giboni has two words of advice for visitors coming to Venice.
0:05.0	Get lost.
0:06.0	Not as in go away, but as in forget trying to figure out the map and lose yourself in the
0:11.5	hopelessly charming maze that is Venice and then see what
0:15.1	happens.
0:16.1	Venencia is an island you're on an island the worst case scenario is you're going to run
0:19.7	into some water backtrack.
0:21.7	Hi I'm Rick Steeves.
0:23.0	A guide from Venice helps us enjoy one of the most romantic cities in Europe,
0:26.0	almost like we live there.
0:28.0	If you prefer your waterways to come with a more wild and dramatic setting,
0:32.0	the fjords of Norway will leave you breathless.
0:34.8	After driving over the mountain, you come down to a Fjord, the Luster Fjord, and you just follow
0:39.9	this Fjord for several hours.
0:42.0	The scenery is amazing.
0:43.4	From the splendor of Venice to the quiet majesty of a ferry ride through the fjords of Norway,
0:48.0	great adventures are yours in the hour ahead.
0:50.4	It's travel with Rick Steeves.
0:53.0	A lot of people travel with Rick Steeves.
0:57.0	A lot of people travel with walls up. Bringing those walls down is what allows you to have those
1:05.4	moments where you truly connect with new people and cultures.
1:09.6	Rosetta Stone can help take down one of the biggest walls, the language barrier.
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