When you're getting a look at what was a whole new world.

After the reformation, even the art showed that, along with the Royals,

everyday people mattered too.

This was a period in the low countries where people could express themselves a bit differently

than in other places in Europe.

Coming up, guides from Holland and Flanders bring us a fresh look at the artists of the Dutch Golden Age.

He is able to, with one brush stroke, create this image of like sleeves or wild colors.

We'll also hear what a little bird can tell you about life.

Bird expert Noah Stricker shares tales from his observations around the world,

from Oregon to the Outback,

and even the fearless penguins of Antarctica.

They'll follow you around just waiting for you to entertain them like you're some

gigantic space alien that just dropped in. And where do you really want to travel next?

Let's do some exploring together in the hour ahead.

It's travel with Rick Steve's.

Perrots can dance.

Hummingbirds are competitive, and Starlings are amazing acrobats.

The skies are filled with remarkable things to discover.

Coming up, a birding enthusiast shares a few surprises he's learned from observing bird species all around the world.

We'll also check in with listeners to hear where you want to travel as we patiently wait for the world to open up safely again.

Let's start this hour of travel with Rick Steve's admiring the painters of the Dutch

Golden Age and the visual record they left us of their life and times.

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