68 Sicily & Germany's Black Forest

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Rick Steves

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🗓️ 8 October 2006

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

If you like the people, tempo, and joy of living you find in Italy then you'll love Sicily. But for some Americans, the frenzied yet laid-back style of Italy's big southern island can be a bit overwhelming. So on this week's Travel with Rick Steves local tour guide Alfio di Mauro AHL-fee-oh dee MOW-ro) joins Rick to take listener calls and offer insider tips on getting the most out of a vacation to Sicily. And, for something completely different, German tour guide Christoph Dressler returns with an overview of the Black Forest region, where Germans are prescribed time off from work to soak in mineral spas and to "power hike" in the mountains. We're plunging head first into Sicily and the Black Forest on this week's Travel with Rick Steves. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

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0:00.0	One of the liveliest most intense places you can find in all of Europe is Sicily.
0:05.0	Hi, I'm Rick Steeves.
0:07.0	If you like Italy for its people, relax temple, and joy of living, rather than for its
0:12.0	Bottichellas, Gucci's, and famous churches, you love
0:15.1	remote laid-back Sicily.
0:17.4	I've invited a Sicilian tour guide friend to help us understand what you can expect from
0:21.3	a trip to his island home.
0:23.0	Okay, the sundrenched machismo of Sicily can be a bit overwhelming.
0:28.0	So, later in the hour, we'll travel to perhaps the opposite end of Europe's cultural spectrum, Germany's Black Forest.
0:35.1	The quietly conservative Schmerzfall is known for its vigorous hikes to dye four chocolate
0:40.0	cherry cakes and spot treatments that show how Germans are experts even at relaxation.
0:45.8	An insiders look at Sicily and Germany's Black Forest.
0:48.9	It's coming right up on Travel with Rick Steeves.
0:52.0	Stay with us.
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1:14.0	I'm Rick Steeves. This is Travel with Rick Steeves. We're going to Sicily.
1:19.0	Boy, if you like Italy. I always tell people, well Italy is my favorite country as a lot of people know and I always tell people if you like
1:24.9	Italy as far south as Rome go further south because it gets better. If Italy is getting on your
1:29.3	nerves by the time you get down Rome don't go further south because it gets worse. Italy intensifies as you plunge deeper and in so many ways
1:36.2	Sicily is Italy squared. It's Italy in the extreme. On the other hand,
1:40.4	Sicily is like another country. It's halfway to Africa.
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