No matter what time of year, Ireland's biggest attraction is its people.

Still, people need to understand that Ireland really is a damp and moist and green place.

Coming up, my right-hand expert on Travel to Ireland shares his advice from 20 years of leading tours and writing guidebooks.

A tour guide from Austria expands our itinerary of places to explore in her country.

She explains what national pride means to them.

Austrian identity is very young. It's only after World War II that the Austrians perceive themselves as clearly what they are now.

And my TV producer takes us further behind the scenes in how we made my new public TV art series.

It's just as kind of synthesis of not just European history, but for us it's 22 years of actually working and bringing all this stuff together.

And then in giving it meaning, giving it context.

Come along, it'll be fun. It's Travel with Rick Steves.

Today on Travel with Rick Steves, we're giving you a bit of a behind-the-scenes view from a couple of my colleagues at Rick Steves Europe.

My TV producer joins us in a minute to reveal what he and our cameraman had to do to finish filming our new art of Europe series.

The lead author and researcher on my Ireland guidebook joins us a little later to talk about his work over the past 20 years in finding the best things to include on your next Ireland trip.

And a guide from Austria takes listener calls for summer vacation ideas in the Austrian countryside.

I am so excited that we've just finished our two-year-long project producing our six-hour mini-series for public television.

It's called Rick Steves Art of Europe. And for 20 years now, when I film in Europe, Simon Griffith is my producer.

And as we just finished what I think is by far our most demanding project ever, I thought I'd invite Simon into our radio studio to give us an intimate peek into the creative process of bringing our love of European art home.

Simon, thanks for joining us.

Yeah, thanks for having me here, Rick. It's one of those used to be in a radio studio as I have been in the field with the camera.

Well, almost every minute I've shot in Europe, you've been right there, you know, making sure things come together and you've witnessed it all.

You've been to almost every great museum in Europe and I thought, what a cool opportunity right now just to kind of reminisce.

Like, if you think of the moments we've had together, we are pretty privileged with the camera to be able to get up close and personal with all these wonderful pieces of art.

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