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Travel with Rick Steves

603 Millennial Netherlands; Walking Edinburgh; Week in Andalucía

Travel with Rick Steves

Rick Steves

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

4.52.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

A pair of millennial tour guides from the Netherlands describe the fun their generation looks forward to having again when their country returns to normal. Scottish guides recommend stops to explore when you walk the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. Hear what you shouldn't miss when you visit the Andalucía region of southern Spain. And Rick develops a case of "Venus envy" in the museums of Europe. 

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0:00.0

What's your dream vacation look like? Maybe you'd like to time travel as you wander the cozy lanes of Edinburgh and imagine what it was like to live there once upon a time.

0:11.0

If you look up, you'll see just how little daylight that people had in the medieval times.

0:17.0

You could follow the crowds in Seville, where there's likely to be a dramatic street parade nearby during

0:22.3

Samana-Santa. The float turns around the corner. dramatic street parade nearby during Samara Santa.

0:23.6

The float turns around the corner and you see those beautiful candles lit up, you smell the

0:27.8

incense, and then everybody gets perfectly quiet to give respect as the Virgin passes, and then you go on and you see the next one and the next one and the next one it's a whole week of that

0:37.6

Or maybe you'd enjoy attending a late night art party with a young and interesting crowd at one of the great museums in Amsterdam.

0:44.6

There are parties going on so you can drink a cocktail in the Fengo Museum.

0:49.8

Let's imagine the possibilities together in the hour ahead.

0:53.6

It's Travel with Rick Steve's.

0:55.4

Come along.

0:56.4

Hi, I'm Rick Steves.

1:02.4

One of the few things certain about this coronavirus pandemic is that

1:06.4

this crisis will pass. Soon or later, it'll pass and we'll be back to normal.

1:12.1

And when that day comes, all of us will eagerly turn our pent-up travel dreams

1:16.8

into smooth and bursting with fun reality. Let's continue to share our travel

1:22.0

dreams together on Travel with Rick Steeves.

1:25.0

Today on Travel with Rick Steeves, our virtual travels bring us a millennial's take on enjoying yourself in the Netherlands. We'll also stroll the sights on a

1:33.8

a enjoying yourself in the Netherlands. We'll also stroll the sites on a guided walk

1:35.1

around Edinburgh, get a taste of the passionate atmosphere in Andalusia, and go

1:40.0

searching for Venus in the hour ahead. The Netherlands seem to specialize in

1:45.0

festivals, holidays, and fun ways for the millennial generation to celebrate life.

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