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Travel with Rick Steves

636 Athens Neighborhoods; Digital Nomads; Venice Lagoon

Travel with Rick Steves

Rick Steves

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

4.32.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

An American "digital nomad" tells us how he's figured out how to work from home, overseas in the Republic of Georgia. Guides from Athens tell us how their city became a cleaner, more attractive metropolis for exploring ancient and modern Greece after they spiffed up for the 2004 Olympics. And we wade into the issues behind the flooding that often threatens Venice.

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Take a fresh look at the capital of Greece.

0:03.0

We are now a proper metropolis, a place where you find the most traditional,

0:07.0

hand in hand with a most contemporary.

0:10.0

Guides from Athens tell us how the city's neighborhoods are making the city a little more pedestrian friendly.

0:15.0

Get more out of a visit to Venice by getting out into the lagoon that surrounds the city.

0:20.0

Look at how the light changes, look at the church's advantage from view.

0:26.0

Look when suddenly there are sea birds that are landing on the water and following your paporetto.

0:32.0

The nearby islands are worth a stop too.

0:34.0

The church is a kind of an up and coming island for younger people.

0:39.0

And here how a little tech savvy and good Wi-Fi can help you become a digital nomad and work from almost anywhere you'd like to live.

0:46.0

A lot of people now are going to have trouble going back into an office because they realize so many benefits of remote working.

0:53.0

It's all in the hour ahead on today's travel with Rick Steves.

0:59.0

Hey, I'm Rick Steves.

1:01.0

You can experience my favorite European people, places and stories in my newest book for the love of Europe.

1:07.0

Order your copy today at ricksteves.com.

1:10.0

Have you ever thought about trying to live abroad but didn't know how you'd make a living?

1:15.0

Well, in just a bit, American Mike Swaganski explains how he became a full-time digital nomad.

1:21.0

He shares with us how he's learned to make working remotely from overseas work for him from his home base in Tbilisi, Georgia.

1:29.0

The waters that surround Venice and sometimes inundated can be a curse and a blessing.

1:34.0

We'll get a view of Venice from its lagoon with a telephile Fred Plotkin and American born artist Stacey Caboni who's made it her home for 20 years.

1:42.0

Let's start today's travel with Rick Steves in Greece.

1:46.0

According to the Olympics in 2004, forced the famously chaotic and polluted city of Athens to invest in more pedestrian and eco-friendly alternatives.

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