485 Germany Open Phones; 1,000 Places to See in the US

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Rick Steves

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

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🗓️ 27 May 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Join us to get a German perspective on Deutschland's recent emergence as the leading nation of the European Union, and stay tuned as our tour-guide guests take calls to help listeners plan memorable German getaways. Then get ready for your summer road trip with recommendations from Patricia Schultz, author of "1,000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die."

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0:00.0	Germany may well now be the most influential member of the European Union,
0:05.0	even if it doesn't want to be.
0:07.0	American or British newspapers ask Germany to show some leadership,
0:10.0	where the translation of the word leader in Germanist Fueva, which was the title that
0:14.6	Adolf Hitler assumed.
0:16.0	Germany does not wish to be the leader of Europe.
0:19.2	Coming up, guides from Berlin tell us what Germans are thinking about their place in the world.
0:24.2	And they'll help you plan a great vacation, which could turn into a much longer adventure
0:28.7	in Germany.
0:29.7	People from New York City, Kansas, or whatever they come to live in Berlin, it's still cheap
0:33.8	thanks to the good old socialist days.
0:35.9	And Wiquiz best-selling travel writer Patricia Schultz on her favorite thousand
0:39.8	places to see on a great American road trip from the East Coast.
0:43.3	New York City skyline with our new freedom tower.
0:47.3	When I see that cityscape, I get goosebumps.
0:50.8	To the Pacific Coast Highway.
0:52.4	I call it the American Dream Drive. It's just ahead on
0:56.2	Travel with Rick Steves. Whether you're itching to explore the old world or the new, we've got you covered in the hour ahead.
1:05.0	Hi, I'm Rick Steve's.
1:06.0	Author Patricia Schultz just scratches the surface on the immense variety of places and experiences you can find on a road trip across America with the
1:15.1	all domestic version of her thousand places to see before you die series. She joins us just
1:20.8	a little later in the hour. Let's start out today's travel with Rick
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