687 More California Day Trips; Olmsted Bicentennial; Celebrating Eastern Europe
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
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🗓️ 3 September 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Travel writer Chris Baker returns with more ideas for fun day trips from LA and San Francisco, including his home base of Palm Springs. Then historian Laurence Cotton joins us to celebrate the 200th birthday of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, whose parks and civic projects have given so many American cities a lasting natural legacy. And a Rick Steves guidebook co-author describes the colorful variety travelers can enjoy among the countries of central and eastern Europe.
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| 0:00.0 | For a perfect day out in California, Chris Baker recommends Palm Springs, where you can take a quick ride from the hot sunny desert to a snow-covered mountain top. |
| 0:10.0 | I'll be martini by the sunlit pool by day, or go golfing maybe, up on the tram and you can go snowshoeing. |
| 0:17.0 | Coming up, Chris is back with more ideas for enjoying the variety you'll find in California. |
| 0:22.0 | The English countryside inspired Frederick Law Olm's dad to design public parks that we still admire today across America. |
| 0:28.0 | Densely wooded, meandering curvilinear paths, typically a burbling watercourse nearby, either real or semi-real at least. |
| 0:36.0 | Filmmaker Lawrence Cotton shares what he's learned about the father of landscape architecture. |
| 0:41.0 | And we'll look at the delights of Eastern Europe from festivals to farm towns off the main tourist tracks. |
| 0:47.0 | There's all these beautiful small towns that are very historic. |
| 0:50.0 | They have these gorgeous main squares with really colorful townhouses. |
| 0:54.0 | It's all I had on travel with Rick's beams. |
| 0:59.0 | If people could live that long, Frederick Law Olm's dad would have turned 200 this year. |
| 1:04.0 | But as legacy lives on, in the hundreds of graceful public parks and recreation areas he designed across North America. |
| 1:10.0 | We'll celebrate the Olmsted Bicentennial in just a bit with a documentary filmmaker who'll tell us what motivated Olmsted's work as a landscape architect. |
| 1:19.0 | And we'll share highlights of the fun you can discover visiting the countries of Eastern Europe. |
| 1:24.0 | That's all just ahead on today's travel with Rick's steves. |
| 1:28.0 | If you'll be in Los Angeles or San Francisco for an event or on business and you have a day to get out and explore, |
| 1:34.0 | Christopher P. Baker has compiled his best advice for 29 different day trips to try in the Golden State. |
| 1:42.0 | He joined us now on travel with Rick's steves to talk about the strategies he shares in his book Perfect Day California. |
| 1:48.0 | Hey, Chris. Thanks for being with us. Rick always a pleasure to be with you. Thank you. |
| 1:53.0 | Together we've talked about Cuba. We've talked about Costa Rica. We've talked about motorcycling on the road. |
| 1:58.0 | And now we're going to be closer to home. We're going to be talking about day trips from Los Angeles or in San Francisco. |
| 2:04.0 | And you've written this great little book that gives discerning travelers very smart itineraries if they've got a free day in LA or San Francisco. |
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