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🗓️ 28 January 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Explore two of Europe's less-crowded scenic peninsulas! Rick visits with local tour guides from Pula, on Croatia's Istrian Peninsula, and from Ireland's Cooley Peninsula, an hour north of Dublin in County Louth. Plus marine conservationist Jonathan White explains what he's discovered about the power of the tides around the world — and how they affect you, even if you don't live near the shore.
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0:00.0 | To understand the tides, you start by looking up. |
0:04.0 | The sun and the moon play a major role. |
0:07.0 | But it's all their relationships in the heavens that have an influence, |
0:11.0 | a particular relationship with what's happening in the oceans. |
0:15.0 | Coming up, Jonathan White explains the dance between the sky and the sea |
0:19.0 | that you can watch at least twice a day all over the world. |
0:22.0 | We'll also explore two of the less crowded coastlines in Europe, in Croatia. |
0:27.0 | God, at the end, remembered that there is still space for one peninsula |
0:32.0 | and he created Israel. |
0:34.0 | And along the Kuli Peninsula, we're singer Kathy Ryan lives. |
0:38.0 | One of the things I recommend to anyone who asks me what they should do |
0:41.0 | when they go to Ireland is leave some room for that bit of magic |
0:44.0 | that happens where you say, hey, why don't we try this place? |
0:47.0 | The man in the pub last night said it was brilliant. |
0:49.0 | Let's embark on great adventures from sea to shore in the hour ahead. |
0:54.0 | It's travel with Rick Steves. |
1:01.0 | Did you ever consider that life's ups and downs |
1:03.0 | may just be reflecting the cosmic forces that dance with the earth? |
1:07.0 | Jonathan White has sailed close to some of the most awesome tides on the planet. |
1:11.0 | He joins us in just a bit to help us get in tune with the daily rhythm of the tides. |
1:16.0 | We'll also explore a couple of charming destinations on two of Europe's |
1:20.0 | less crowded coastlines. |
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