641 Finding Europe in America; Cruise Ship Nightmare; Iceland Backcountry

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🗓️ 12 June 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Get ideas and tips from TV host Samantha Brown for finding little corners of Europe in the New World, then hear an author's dramatic firsthand account of a near catastrophe on a cruise ship caught powerless in a freak winter storm off the coast of Norway. And a tour guide takes us to the wild, windy, and wonder-inspiring backcountry of Iceland.

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0:00.0	While we're waiting for all of Europe to safely reopen, we can find traces of the old world in the new, like Solvang in California.
0:08.0	It's just so charming because you're going through one, you know, beach side city after the next, and it's that California laid back feel, and then boom, you're in Europe.
0:16.0	Travel writer Cheney Quack hoped to see the Northern Lights on a winter cruise in Norway.
0:20.0	Cruises really prepare you for the Northern Lights experience because a lot of cruising is about waiting.
0:26.0	He tells us how he survived the ship's near tragic encounter with a freak winter storm.
0:31.0	Iceland gives you access to the raw drama of the Arctic on Terra firma, especially when you venture away from Reykjavik.
0:38.0	You've left the city, you've maybe just come from the Apple store, and then half an hour you're on the moon in a black sand desert.
0:45.0	Iceland's backcountry, the Viking sky incident, and finding Europe in America.
0:49.0	It's all ahead on Travel with Rick Steves.
1:00.0	Visit Europe in 2022.
1:02.0	Rick Steves Europe bus tours are designed to economically and efficiently share our love of Europe through my favorite places, people, and experiences.
1:11.0	With small groups, strict health and safety protocols, great guides, and more than 40 itineraries, a Rick Steves Europe tour just might be the perfect fit for your travel dreams.
1:22.0	Learn more at ricksteves.com
1:26.0	TV Travel presenter Samantha Brown takes your emails at radio at ricksteves.com as we look for Europe in North America.
1:34.0	Travel writer Chenequac tells us how the Norwegian cruise ship he was on met a freak winter cyclone that came close to turning into a major disaster.
1:42.0	And we're reminded what a fierce beauty camping out in Iceland can be coming up on today's travel with Rick Steves.
1:49.0	Who says you have to actually go to Europe to get a taste of the old world?
1:53.0	After all, many American and Canadian cities and towns were settled by European immigrants.
1:58.0	Sometimes they tried to recreate a bit of what they knew from the old country.
2:02.0	So even if we can't go to Europe, we can discover a bit of it right here in our hemisphere.
2:08.0	Samantha Brown hosts the public television travel series Places to Love, where she films from destinations both around the world and closer to home.
2:16.0	She joins us today on Travel with Rick Steves to look at some of her favorite places to find a bit of Europe in America.
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