453a Rome Neighborhoods; Crazy Rides; Ex-Yugoslavia

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Rick Steves

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🗓️ 5 November 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Get tips for how to "do as the Romans do" in Rome's modern-day neighborhoods. Hear about the travel writer Will Hide's latest crazy rides, from cycling across the hills of Rwanda to driving what might be the world's "most dangerous road" up from Delhi into the Himalayas. Plus listen in as guides from Slovenia and Bosnia take listener calls to help plan fun trips to the countries of the former Yugoslavia.

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0:00.0	Yugoslavia's president for life Tito got credit for unifying a family of multi-ethnic
0:05.0	Balkan republics, at least for a while.
0:07.8	There was eight distinct people.
0:09.6	It was six republics, five languages, three religions, two alphabets.
0:14.7	And I think that diversity is really something that we can experience even today.
0:19.3	Coming up, find out what you can discover in the countries that emerge from the breakup
0:22.7	of Yugoslavia.
0:24.2	And see why they call Rome the eternal city, when you hang out in neighborhoods like
0:28.2	Trastavory.
0:29.2	You'll feel like you're part of a scene that's been going on for centuries.
0:32.3	I used to say it's the Rome and the Roman, so it's the one place close to the city center
0:36.1	where you can still get a feel for what Rome was.
0:39.5	And travel writer Will Hyde tells us about the wild rides he's been on lately, driving
0:43.5	to the Himalayas, and mountain biking across Rwanda.
0:46.5	I don't know if there's a paint color, tea plantation green, but I think there should
0:49.7	be because it was just so vibrant, I remember that most of all.
0:53.7	Come along for the ride in the hour ahead, it's travel with Rick Steves.
1:00.6	Are you an adventurous traveler?
1:02.4	Coming up, Will Hyde describes his bike tour across Rwanda, and the adrenaline-pumping
1:07.4	view from his rented Jeep in India when the scenery got a little too close for comfort.
1:12.6	Plus guides from the once-woring republics of the former Yugoslavia join us later in
1:16.6	the hour ahead to take your calls at 877-333-Rick.
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