523a Language Vacations; Ex-Pat Mexico City; YOLO Los Angeles
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
4.5 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2020
⏱️ 52 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
An American ex-pat tells us why he's made Mexico City his home for the past 25 years and how the Mexican capital is becoming a magnet for people from around the Americas. We'll also look at the fun things you can do only in Los Angeles, when the city gets back to its own version of normal again. And a language buff recommends the benefits of studying a new language overseas.
For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | To really |
| 0:02.0 | connect with another culture, have he considered signing up for a language class when you go on vacation? |
| 0:05.0 | If you're really serious about learning language, your location is incredibly important in being in those smaller towns is really going to make you put yourself out there a bit more. |
| 0:13.4 | Coming up, Carrie Walker tells us how she learned the fine points of La Dolchevita in Tuscany. |
| 0:19.2 | When David Lita left his home in New York to visit Mexico City he really liked what he saw. |
| 0:24.0 | There was something about if it just on a visceral level really got to me and I thought I could live here and if it doesn't work out I could go back in six months. |
| 0:32.0 | Well I'm still there. |
| 0:34.0 | He takes us to Mexico City for expats. |
| 0:36.0 | Guidebook author Taj Bates knows you only live once. |
| 0:40.0 | She recommends some only in LA fun |
| 0:42.0 | for when things eventually reopen. |
| 0:44.0 | Or wear your mask and hike up to the famous Hollywood sign. |
| 0:47.5 | You're killing two birds with one stone. You're hiking and seeing the beautiful views of LA |
| 0:51.0 | and you're seeing one of the most iconic signs in the world. |
| 0:54.0 | It's just ahead on Travel with Rick Steeves. |
| 0:57.0 | A hometown guide to the fun things millennial Angelinos recommend and are eager to get back to in Southern California. |
| 1:07.0 | And why Mexico City offers everything a former New Yorker could want in a place to call home. |
| 1:12.0 | That's coming up this hour on Travel with |
| 1:14.1 | Rick Steeves. We're at 877 33 7425. Let's start with a look at how you can |
| 1:21.6 | amplify an overseas vacation by signing up for language lessons. |
| 1:26.0 | Tour guide Carrie Walker is an American language buff. |
| 1:29.0 | She's worked on her language skills in Central America and was immersing herself in Italian lessons when we last checked in with her. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Rick Steves, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Rick Steves and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.