42 World Cup Soccer 2006

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Rick Steves

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🗓️ 26 February 2006

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

After Italy hosts the Winter Olympics, Germany heats up for the championship games of the World Cup soccer tournament in June. On this week's Travel with Rick Steves, Rick assembles a panel of European soccer fanatics to explain what the excitement is all about. Whether your summer travel plans include trying to take in some of the action around the games, or trying to avoid it, you'll want to hear what's behind the world's biggest, and most passionate, sporting competition. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

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0:00.0	This year's been a busy one for international sports competitions in Europe.
0:04.4	Hi, I'm Rick Steeves, and after Italy hosts the Winter Olympics,
0:07.6	Germany's hosting the final games in the World Cup soccer championship.
0:11.4	The World Cup is the biggest sporting event on the planet.
0:15.0	Soccer is not a matter of life and death. It's bigger than that.
0:19.0	This June, 32 national teams representing the best soccer teams in the world will face off at stadiums across Germany.
0:25.0	Sure we Americans have the Super Bowl and the World Series, but from a global point of view
0:30.2	these events pale compared to soccer's World Cup. As all this soccer
0:34.5	fever heats up the planet I'm feeling a little clueless. So I've assembled a panel of
0:38.5	some of my most avid soccer fanatic friends to give us an international take on what the excitement's all
0:43.8	about and since they're also tour guides they have some timely advice on how to
0:47.4	take part or stay out of the way if you're planning on being in Europe this June.
0:51.2	We're revving up for humanity's favorite sporting event,
0:54.6	the World Cup next on Travel with Rick Steeves.
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1:12.0	American Airlines knows why you fly. I'm Rick
1:15.4	Steve's. This is Travel with Rick Steve's and today we're playing soccer.
1:18.6	Actually we're playing football and for an American that means kicking around a funny-shaped ball, but for the rest of the world,
1:25.0	football is played with your feet, right? You kick around ball.
1:28.0	And I got three friends of mine from different parts of this soccer fanatic world.
1:32.0	And we're going to learn about the World Cup
1:33.3	because the World Cup's coming up and I'm your beginner I don't know the first thing about
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