592 Insider's Amalfi; Korean Nunchi; Feedback
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
4.5 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2020
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Writer Euny Hong explains how a Korean system of non-verbal social skills works, and how it can help in your travels and your life. We also get insider information on enjoying Italy's scenic Amalfi Coast without getting stuck in tourist crowds or traffic. And listeners check in with Rick about travel concerns for shoulder season and where you may need to look over your shoulder.
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| 0:00.0 | Over its history, Korea has been occupied by foreign powers so many times they had to develop a six sense of how to read a room. |
| 0:08.0 | Because of these constant sort of outsiders taking over, Koreans had to develop Nunchi in order to survive. |
| 0:16.0 | Coming up, Uni Hong explains how the Korean art of observation can help you at home, at work, and in your travels. |
| 0:22.0 | Everybody wants to soak in the beauty of Italy's at work and in your travels. |
| 0:23.0 | Everybody wants to soak in the beauty of Italy's Amalfi Coast, |
| 0:26.0 | but the crush of tourist crowds can get ugly. |
| 0:28.7 | Meinori and Maiori are called Minor and Major. |
| 0:32.4 | Those are beach communities that are very well known with Italians, |
| 0:35.0 | but not so much with the foreigners. |
| 0:37.0 | Tour Guide Anne Long from Sorrento recommends where to enjoy Italy's most dramatic coastline. |
| 0:42.0 | Beautiful, beautiful view looking to Skala. enjoy Italy's |
| 0:47.0 | Italy's Amalfi's most dramatic coastline. |
| 0:42.0 | Beautiful, beautiful view looking to Skala, |
| 0:45.0 | wonderful little cheap Pensiones with good food. |
| 0:48.0 | Korean Nunchi, Italy's Amalfi, and listeners check in with us in the hour ahead on Travel with Rick Steves. |
| 0:54.0 | Come along. |
| 0:57.0 | For 5,000 years, Korea has been doing something that might make our lives better. |
| 1:05.0 | Uni Hong joins us in a bit to introduce us to the time-honored Korean art of Nunshi. |
| 1:11.0 | Uni believes it's helped propel South Korea into an ultra-modern and prosperous country. |
| 1:16.0 | We'll learn how it can be an antidote to our culture of self-promotion on today's travel with Rick |
| 1:20.9 | Steve's. We'll also check in with listener travel reports and feedback about what you hear on the show at 877 |
| 1:27.0 | 333 Rick. But first, when you dream of a change of scenery, I'll bet it looks a lot like the Amalfi Coast of Italy. |
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