613 Lockdown in Honolulu and Edmonds; Santorini; Blue Mind
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
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🗓️ 5 September 2020
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Rick tells us what it's like to spend his first summer at home in decades. We get an update on how Honolulu is faring without tourist crowds. We'll hear what the Greeks like best about their most popular vacation island, Santorini. And a marine biologist explains how being near the water — even if it's just in a bowl on the table — can help reduce stress and ease your state of mind.
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| 0:00.0 | Honolulu almost escaped the worst of the COVID epidemic. |
| 0:04.0 | As soon as 30,000 tourists stopped coming, Hawaii did very well on the coronavirus front. |
| 0:09.0 | Coming up, we hear how they're doing on tourist dependent Oahu. |
| 0:13.0 | You've seen those pictures of a whitewashed townscape overlooking the deep blue Aegean. |
| 0:18.0 | They were taken on Santarini. |
| 0:20.0 | It's a place you have to see once in a lifetime, |
| 0:22.0 | and I understand why so many people really want to get there. |
| 0:26.0 | We'll explore how the Greeks enjoy visiting the most popular of the Greek islands. |
| 0:30.0 | When I was growing up, me conus in Santar anywhere the places to go if you were in your late teens |
| 0:34.7 | or early 20s. |
| 0:35.8 | And we delved into the reason so many of us |
| 0:38.1 | want to spend time near the water. |
| 0:39.8 | We can get our blue mines on by a swimming pool, by an ocean, we can do it by a lake, |
| 0:44.7 | river in our own bathtubs. |
| 0:47.0 | From Blue Hawaii to Aegean Blue and even tapping into your blue mind. |
| 0:51.4 | We'll be your island oasis in the hour ahead. |
| 0:54.0 | It's Travel with Rick Steeves. |
| 0:57.0 | Hey I'm Rick Steeves. |
| 1:02.0 | In my latest book for the love of Europe, I share highlights of a lifetime of exploring Europe. |
| 1:07.0 | My favorite experiences, sites, and encounters in 100 essays. |
| 1:11.0 | Order your copy today at Rick Steves.com. |
| 1:15.0 | On today's travel with Rick Steves, we'll explore why so many people prefer heading to the |
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