586a Travel Writers Travels; Autumn Light in Japan; Swedish Values
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
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🗓️ 22 October 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Pico Iyer explains why autumn is the perfect season for understanding the soul of Japan. Robert Reid recommends how to amp up your next vacation, by traveling like a travel writer does. And guides from Sweden tell us how to keep expenses in check, to enjoy Scandinavia the way the locals do.
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| 0:00.0 | Japan is likely to surprise you, especially in the autumn. |
| 0:04.6 | A newcomer is most struck by everything that's modern and western and zany, but just turn |
| 0:09.5 | a corner as you know and suddenly you're in somewhere ancient and mysterious and full |
| 0:14.1 | of spirit. |
| 0:15.1 | Coming up, Pico Eyre tells us why he thinks fall is the ideal season to get to know the |
| 0:19.6 | melancholy heart of Japan. |
| 0:22.2 | Among the Nordic countries, Sweden has a distinctive personality. |
| 0:26.0 | Big sister Sweden, she is very concerned about that everybody should be treated equal, |
| 0:32.1 | everything should be fair. |
| 0:33.9 | Guides from Stockholm and Uppsala tell us how to make a trip to Sweden affordable any time |
| 0:38.4 | of year. |
| 0:39.4 | And Travel Writer Robert Reed recommends immersing yourself into your next destination |
| 0:44.0 | before you even buy the plane ticket. |
| 0:46.5 | One of the best things about getting excited about a trip is trying to understand the |
| 0:50.3 | conversation that's already in place. |
| 0:52.6 | This is what a Travel Writer does. |
| 0:54.4 | And how to travel like a pro in the hour ahead, it's Travel with Rick Steves. |
| 1:01.0 | Author Pico Eyre explains why he thinks autumn is the ideal season to get to know Japan. |
| 1:05.8 | And don't fear the high cost of traveling to Scandinavia. |
| 1:09.2 | Guides from Sweden will share tips on how the average suite gets by. |
| 1:13.3 | That's all a little later in the hour ahead on today's Travel with Rick Steves. |
| 1:17.4 | We're at 877-333-745. |
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