Even if Austria no longer commands an empire, its capital, Vienna is still magnificent, and it comes in a convenient package.

Everything is very close together in Vienna. I think that's what distinguishes it the most from Paris or London that within 20 minutes you are everywhere

Bosnia may be a bit of a diamond in the rough, but it's the little things of everyday life that just might win you over.

We like to invest a lot of our time in this little ritual called coffee.

You can sit over coffee for two hours.

In just a bit, guides from Austria and Bosnia Herzegovina get us ready to enjoy their home turf.

Or see for yourself how the sophisticated architectural tricks of the ancient Greeks can still amaze us today on the Acropolis in Athens.

It makes the Parthenon look bigger.

It makes it look like it's moving, like it's breathing.

From Austria and Bosnia to the high point of the ancient Greeks.

Come along for the hour ahead its travel with Rick Steeves.

2,500 years ago, as the citizens of Athens were developing how to make the idea of one-man-one-vote work,

they also built magnificent temples on a rocky hill overlooking the city.

A guide from Athens gets us ready to explore the

Acropolis and look beyond the ruins a little later in the hour. And we'll hear

what Bosnia offers as a visitor destination where the lessons learned for living together in a pluralistic society

show some recent scars. But first, let's go to Vienna. When you think of the grandest

capitals of Europe, Paris and Madrid may may spring to mind. But if you like visiting

elegant palaces, attending cultural events and art galleries, and enjoying live music, Vienna

is hard to beat. The home of the Habsburg's Vienna is just jam-packed with Baroque beauty.

To learn more about Vienna, we're joined by Andrea Wolf. She's a guide from Austria who's been taking groups around Vienna for the last decade,

and she's right here in our studio.

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