444 Urban Australia; Epic Family Road Trip; Nordic Cousins
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
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🗓️ 14 May 2016
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Get an inside look at the mostly friendly rivalries between Sweden and Norway. Then hear from a family midway through their epic drive across North America, who stop by to share tips for making a long road trip fun for everyone. And listen in as we explore Australia's urbanized east coast and venture into the rural heart of the country-music scene Down Under.
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| 0:00.0 | The citizens of some countries just are not flag waivers. |
| 0:04.8 | A suey doesn't waive the flag. |
| 0:06.8 | While it's just the opposite for their cousins in Norway. |
| 0:09.6 | I would be looked weird upon if I didn't have a flag. |
| 0:12.2 | Coming up in the hour ahead, we'll look at the usually playful ways that Nordic neighbors |
| 0:16.2 | in Sweden and Norway view one another. |
| 0:18.0 | We'll also get an insider look at enjoying Australia's urbanized East Coast. It comes with a few rivalries as well. |
| 0:24.8 | People from Sydney regard Melbourneians as stodgy, as boring, |
| 0:29.6 | whereas people from Melbourne see saw it us as frivolous. |
| 0:33.4 | And travel writer Chris Elliot, with his family of five, stopped by to report on what they're |
| 0:37.4 | getting out of their most epic road trip across Canada and the USA. |
| 0:41.3 | And I think that a lot of travelers, they think, they think I want to see everything and they end up not |
| 0:45.8 | seeing anything as a result because they spend half the time in the car. |
| 0:49.4 | From Scandinavian ribbing to Down Under Fun and an SUV packed for family adventure. |
| 0:54.0 | Come along for the ride. It's Travel with Rick Steves. |
| 0:57.0 | Home schooling three kids on four wheels, That's just part of the adventure. |
| 1:04.0 | Coming up on today's travel with Rick Steve's, Consumer Travel Advocate Christopher Elliot brings the family |
| 1:09.6 | along to check in in the middle of a two month long road trip they've been taking. |
| 1:14.0 | We'll also hear how national siblings are getting along in Scandinavia and what the people |
| 1:18.2 | in Sweden and Norway tend to think about each other. |
| 1:21.3 | Let's start the hour with a look at what you'll find when you visit the |
| 1:23.8 | cities of Australia. When he's not showing tour groups the antiquities of |
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