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Travel with Rick Steves

602 How Berlin Remembers; Turkish Delights; Travel to Bhutan

Travel with Rick Steves

Rick Steves

Places & Travel, Rick Steves, Travel, Public Radio, 721132, Society & Culture, Npr, Europe

4.52.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Learn about the traditional Turkish comfort foods and desserts that you can enjoy from the shops and street vendors of Istanbul. An American who's married to an artist in Bhutan explains what's required for visitors to tour the Himalayan kingdom. And guides from Germany describe the monuments to their country's turbulent history that you'll find in Berlin.

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0:00.0

There are plenty of monuments on the streets of Berlin to make sure residents and visitors alike remember its difficult 20th century history.

0:08.0

I've seen most of the memorial many countless times as a Berliner as a tour guide here but they still are some of them

0:15.2

are really haunting especially when it comes to divided city to the wall or to the time of

0:19.8

the National Socialist period.

0:21.3

Coming up here how Berlin remembers its past.

0:24.5

An American tells us what she likes most about her new home in the Himalayas.

0:28.6

I miss just the piece of Bhutan and walking everywhere and how quirky it is and just a very

0:35.7

individualized little place. And guides from Istanbul describe what kind of

0:40.9

comfort foods the street vendors are selling in Turkey.

0:43.7

A slice of cheese, a tomato, and a cement with a glass of tea is the perfect snack.

0:50.5

See what you can find on the streets of Berlin, Istanbul and even Tim Poole in the hour ahead.

0:55.0

It's Travel with Rick Steves.

0:57.0

I'm Rick Steves.

1:01.0

The world will get through this coronavirus pandemic and we will be traveling again soon I hope.

1:07.0

For now let's allow ourselves to be inspired to plan future adventures and to celebrate the welcome the world is waiting to offer us.

1:15.0

Thanks for joining us today for Travel with Rick Steves.

1:19.0

Just imagine what you can find and enjoy when you walk around the cities of the world.

1:24.6

In just a bit, guides from Istanbul coach us on their favorite comfort foods, sold in shops

1:29.4

all across their city, and we'll hear what it's like to visit the capital of Bhutan.

1:34.0

Let's start out today's travel with Rick Steeves with what a walk on the streets of Berlin can

1:38.6

teach us. Berlin has become the high-tech and cultural powerhouse of today's dynamic German economy.

1:45.5

But there are still plenty of Berliners who can tell you about the difficulties they faced

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