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Travel with Rick Steves

648 Becoming a Digital Nomad; Window Seat; Spirit of the Grand Canyon

Travel with Rick Steves

Rick Steves

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

4.32.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Get tips on becoming a "digital nomad" from an American who relocated to the Republic of Georgia. Then consider ideas for taking a deeper look at the US as a geologist shares advice on making the most of the view from your next domestic flight, and an Arizona novelist describes how the overwhelming beauty of the Grand Canyon inspires her writing.

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Like working from home, imagine doing it from anywhere in the world.

0:05.0

You can focus your money and your time into travel experiences and nothing's gonna really slow you down when you hit the road traveling.

0:13.0

Coming up a digital nomad tells us how you can do it too.

0:16.0

When you fly between Anchorage and Seattle, be sure to book a window seat.

0:20.0

You also get to see one of the most amazing coastlines in North America, really one of the most amazing coastlines in the world.

0:26.0

A geologist tells us what the view from an airplane can show us across North America.

0:31.0

And the feeling you get when you look at Grand Canyon may be hard to put into words.

0:36.0

A writer from Flagstaff tells stories about the characters that populate the canyon human and otherwise.

0:42.0

That butterfly depending on the species can tell you so many things.

0:46.0

It can tell you that the climate is changing and warming or not.

0:50.0

It can tell you stuff about the flora.

0:52.0

From Grand Canyon to anywhere, come along.

0:55.0

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1:21.0

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1:26.0

It's like being under the influence of nature when you hike, stargaze or test catch butterflies around the Grand Canyon.

1:33.0

A Flagstaff novelist explains.

1:36.0

And we'll discover one of the greatest shows on earth from 30,000 feet in the air.

1:41.0

Coming up, we get tips for what you can see from your plane's window seat as it crosses the USA.

1:47.0

That's coming up on today's Travel with Rick Steves, but first, let's explore what it takes to be a digital nomad where you get to travel by working from a home base in another country.

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