58 Small Wonders: Belgium & Belize

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Rick Steves

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🗓️ 9 July 2006

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Good things often come in small packages. This week on Travel with Rick Steves, we'll investigate two small countries in Europe and Latin America that are often overlooked as destinations in their own right. Belgium has been in the center of much of Europe's action for centuries, and it now hosts the political capital of the European Union. It's a country with a remarkably easy-going flair, and great food. Native son tour guide Ferdi Menghi joins Rick to take listener calls about Belgium. Then, Kurt Kutay (koo-TIE) introduces us to an indigenous tour guide in Belize, for an overview of Belize for adventure travelers. That, and another round of listener's travel haiku, are coming up on the next Travel with Rick Steves. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

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0:00.0	This podcast of Travel with Rick Steeves is brought to you by Travelocity.
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0:10.0	Hi, I'm Rick Steeves. Today we're visiting two countries that prove good things come in small packages, Belgium and Belize.
0:17.0	In a moment, Fernando Mengi joins us to tell us about his home country, Belgium.
0:22.0	At the crossroads of Europe wedged between Germany, France, and France. Tell us about his home country, Belgium.
0:22.5	At the crossroads of Europe wedged between Germany, France,
0:25.0	and the Netherlands, Belgium offers an exciting mix of cultures.
0:28.6	The Belgians are more to delayed back.
0:30.9	We are really beloved in Europe for our hospitality, our openness.
0:36.0	While Brussels, Brussels, as Europe's new capital city, just up the road is Brugge, one of the most enchanting
0:42.1	medieval towns anywhere.
0:44.0	Then, we'll head just south of the Mexican border to Belize.
0:48.0	This former British colony at the base of the Yucatan Peninsula offers a surprising mix of Caribbean and Latin American culture.
0:54.0	Belize is famous for some of the best scuba diving and backcountry jungle trekking anywhere.
0:59.0	We're packing for two completely different climates as we head for Belgium and Belize on today's travel with
1:05.2	Rick Steeves.
1:10.0	Yes, great delights do come in small packages.
1:13.0	I'm Rick Steeves, and today we're looking at two little countries that pack a big sightseeing
1:17.4	punch.
1:18.4	Belgium is the home to the European Union capital, where the new United Europe charts its future.
1:24.2	Tour guide Ferdinand Domingi joins us in a moment to take your calls about visiting his home country.
1:29.4	Then we travel just south of the Yucatan to Belize, where the Caribbean meets Latin America.
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