660 A Theroux Traveler; Why We Travel; Winter in Paris; Dingle Bells

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Rick Steves

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🗓️ 11 December 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Rick talks with author Paul Theroux about the advantages of traveling solo, and swaps some travel-writing tricks, then TV host Samantha Brown joins us to describe how the pandemic has affected her love of exploratory travel. We'll also hear what's special about Paris in winter, and how the people of Dingle celebrate the Irish tradition of Wren's Day on December 26.

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0:00.0	Writer Paul Theroux has found that travel can boost your spirit and keep you
0:04.7	feeling young. Travelers have to be optimistic. No one would leave home if he
0:09.4	wasn't or she wasn't an optimist. He shares how his curiosity about places and
0:14.2	people has motivated a lifetime of travels. In her latest TV series of places to
0:19.8	love, Samantha Brown found that COVID closures kept her closer to home, but that
0:24.6	didn't stop her from enjoying a few good road trips to some of the second-tier
0:28.3	destinations, where a good value often comes with a good time. It's the
0:33.4	B-side cities that actually offer, I think, a traveler a lot more. And we're
0:38.6	starting by checking in with friends from Europe on how they're gearing up for
0:41.9	the holidays. We'll hear what Paris is like in the winter and how Santa is no
0:46.6	stranger to Ireland's west coast. It's all just ahead on travel with Rick
0:56.2	Steve's.
0:59.8	Hey, I'm Rick Steves. In my latest book for the love of Europe, you can
1:03.9	savor Europe's most exciting experiences and sights through a hundred of my
1:08.2	favorite travel stories. Imagine hanging from an alpine ridge, dancing at a
1:13.3	Turkish circumcision party and swinging with a bell ringer in a medieval church
1:17.9	buyer. You can order your copy of for the love of Europe at ricksteves.com. A
1:23.5	retired police chief and occasional Santa's helper from the west of Ireland
1:27.0	lets us in on what brand of beer Santa Claus prefers. And we'll hear how
1:32.2	Paris retains its style even when you have to bundle up in the dead of winter.
1:36.5	And in just a bit, TV travel presenters Samantha Brown explores what we can
1:41.2	expect to get out of our travels even when a pandemic makes us rearrange our
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