675 Appalachian Music Trails; Loire Valley Chateaux; Achtung Baby
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🗓️ 7 May 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
British travel writer Will Hide recounts his journeys along the back roads of Appalachia, where country music first arose from the melodies and instruments of immigrants from the British Isles. Then tour guides from France share tips on exploring the Loire Valley's many magnificent châteaux. And author Sara Zaske reveals what she learned from the German style of parenting while raising her young American children in Berlin.
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| 0:00.0 | When Londoner Wilhide took a road trip to explore the origins of country music in America, |
| 0:06.2 | he was delighted by how often he felt right at home. |
| 0:09.6 | And there were people in the port just jamming and we went round the back and there were people |
| 0:13.9 | a flat foot dancing. I thought I'll just pop in for half an hour and I think we ended up staying |
| 0:18.4 | all afternoon. Coming up we'll wander the back roads of Appalachia to find an old-time music |
| 0:23.1 | get together. A drive in the Loire Valley in France will astound you with the sheer number of |
| 0:28.0 | magnificent estates you'll come across and it's not a recent development. Obviously when the |
| 0:33.0 | king resided there all of the court had to follow and they had little shadows here and there so |
| 0:38.2 | it's known under thousand shadow valley. And after six years in Germany Sarah Zasky came back with |
| 0:44.4 | some bold ideas on how they raised confident children. Kids learn best from each other and they |
| 0:50.3 | learn best by playing. That's where we're going in the hour ahead on travel with Rick Steves. Come along. |
| 1:00.3 | Raising children in Germany promises a few surprises for American parents. We'll find out why on |
| 1:06.1 | today's travel with Rick Steves. And France's Loire Valley is famous for its many elegant |
| 1:11.6 | estates that look like fairy tale castles and being France great food wine and outdoor fun. A pair |
| 1:18.3 | of French guides take listener calls in a bit with touring tips for Chateau country where at 877-333 Rick. |
| 1:26.4 | Englishman Will Hyde had heard that many of the people who settled in the Appalachian |
| 1:30.6 | mountains came over from Britain and Ireland. Traces of their heritage are found in the songs and |
| 1:36.0 | ballads that have kept them going through hard times and good. So Will set out to explore an |
| 1:41.7 | authentic corner of Americana on a country music pilgrimage. He went to tourist hot spots like |
| 1:48.0 | Nashville and Pigeon Forge and wandered over the Smokies to the music's origins in small Virginia |
| 1:53.3 | towns like Bristol and Galax. He discovered that old-time mountain music still lights a spark for |
| 1:59.8 | the people who live there today. Will, welcome. Hi there, thank you very much. Why did you go to |
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