720 Ceramic Arts of Portugal; Poland 2023; Nomads

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Rick Steves

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🗓️ 8 July 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Learn how colorful ceramic tiles have long been an important part of the scene in Portugal. Get recommendations from Cameron Hewitt, Rick's senior researcher, on elegant and soulful Polish cities, some of Europe's best-kept secrets. Hear from Author Anthony Sattin about how nomads have have shaped civilization over the centuries.

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0:00.0	With a war raging and neighboring Ukraine, some Americans are shying away from visiting Eastern Europe.
0:06.0	Cameron Hewitt is just back from Poland and updates us on how things are looking over there.
0:11.0	Being in Poland feels very safe. I don't have a lot of concerns that invasion is imminent.
0:16.0	Some of the most treasured souvenirs in Europe are the elegant tiles that have been a signature of Portugal for centuries.
0:22.0	If I'm due a decoration at my place, I have to put some tiles.
0:26.0	If I'm renewing my kitchen is with tiles.
0:29.0	We'll look at Portuguese ceramics in a minute.
0:32.0	Author Anthony Satin examines nomadic communities throughout history.
0:36.0	He's found an enviable contentment among hunter-gatherers who understand their place in the natural world.
0:42.0	The happiest, the greatest most exciting and most successful periods in human history are the times when there's been freedom of movement.
0:50.0	Come along for a great hour ahead. It's travel with Rick Steves.
1:00.0	There's a kind of restlessness that makes us human.
1:03.0	It might explain why we like to leave home and return again.
1:07.0	Anthony Satin sees this pattern throughout human history among the nomadic herdsmen and hunters that have been part of the Earth's fabric sense prehistoric times.
1:16.0	Yet governments today still try to get them to settle down in one place.
1:20.0	We'll consider how nomadic groups have long served as a counterbalance to the empires of men in shaping our world.
1:28.0	And we'll get an update on the tourism scene in Poland from my right hand researcher on Central and Eastern Europe.
1:34.0	Let's open today's travel with Rick Steves with a look at the elegant ceramic tiles you'll find covering the streets and buildings of Portugal.
1:42.0	Historic tiles might depict different religious figures and battle scenes, while you'll find newer ones to be more colorful and art nouveau.
1:51.0	Our guides to the tiles of Portugal are Lisbon, Born and Raised, Christina Duarte, and while Robert Wright hails from Memphis,
1:58.0	he guides American travelers around Europe and makes his home now in Seville after having lived in Lisbon and in Buenos Aires.
2:05.0	Christina and Robert, thanks for joining us.
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