653 Ærø Island Denmark; Emilia-Romagna; Italian View of Sicily

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🗓️ 2 October 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Find out what makes the small Danish island of Ærø a perfectly charming and cozy getaway, which region Italophile Fred Plotkin considers Italy's greatest source of culinary and cultural achievements, and why the large island of Sicily is such a favorite with visitors, whether from elsewhere in Italy or abroad.

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0:00.0	When Fred Plotkin talks about being a pleasure activist, it's about switching on our senses
0:06.3	instead of living on autopilot.
0:08.7	We eat but we don't savor.
0:10.7	We hear but we don't listen.
0:13.1	We see but we don't absorb.
0:15.2	We touch but we don't feel.
0:17.4	Coming up Fred tells us why the area around Bologna in Northeast Italy is his favorite
0:21.9	place to eat in the entire world and what he learned from the way they cook and prepare
0:27.4	a meal.
0:28.4	Work is like the music of Verdi, nothing goes to waste.
0:32.0	For theirself the island of Sicily rates as a favorite place for Italians to go for a
0:36.4	culinary adventure.
0:37.8	So we are what we eat and Sicilians actually they have the best of the best because they
0:42.3	have the best of different worlds.
0:44.0	We'll also explore Arrow Island in Denmark where cute and cozy are a way of life.
0:49.4	It's the landscape, it's the light, it's the buildings, it's the people.
0:53.9	It's all just ahead on travel with Rick Steves.
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