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443 How Berlin Remembers; Visiting Spain 2016; Sagre Festivals of Italy

Travel with Rick Steves

Rick Steves

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

4.52.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2016

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Find out how Berlin uses its monuments to teach new generations to remember the city's turbulent history. Then get insider tips for planning a getaway to Spain, and learn about the rural "sagre" festivals celebrated in the Italian countryside.

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Walk around Berlin and the city's monuments will make sure you remember its difficult 20th century history.

0:06.0

I've seen most of the memorial many countless times as a Berliner as a tour guide here,

0:11.0

but they still are really haunting especially when it comes to

0:14.0

divided city to the wall or to the time of the National Socialist period.

0:18.0

It's getting easier than ever to get around in Spain.

0:21.0

Right now Spain is offering the most modern fleet of high-speed trains in Europe.

0:26.0

And while you're in the south of Spain, be sure to include a stop or two to sample the

0:29.6

local Sherry.

0:30.6

We only think of Sherry, one kind, not there are hundreds of kinds of cherries. You have to try them.

0:35.0

Or plan a drive around Italy to the local festivals where vendors can give you a taste of zero-kilometer dining.

0:41.0

I know people who have been making cheese for so many generations

0:44.4

so I know where the cheese come from. Walk up to Berlin's history, explore the

0:48.3

sites of Spain and take in some country festivals across Italy. Our travel experts help you plan a memorable

0:53.8

vacation in the hour ahead. It's travel with Rick Steve's.

0:58.6

From onions to eggplant, jackrabbits to wild boar.

1:03.0

If you come across a festival in small town Italy,

1:06.0

you know it's going to be worth a stop.

1:07.0

Coming up on today's travel with Rick Steeves,

1:10.0

we'll learn how you can join in the festivities

1:12.0

when villages across the Italian

1:13.8

countryside welcome you to celebrate the local harvest and food

1:16.8

traditions like they've been doing for centuries. We'll also help you plan a great

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