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Travel with Rick Steves

Rick Steves

Rick Steves, Public Radio, 721132, Europe, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Npr, Travel

4.3 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2005

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Rick learns about the history and present-day allure of the Scottish highlands from Arthur Smith, a proprietor and true gentleman of the auld cloth, who ran a bed and breakfast in Glencoe, Scotland until his recent passing. Rick then fields calls from a young woman planning a trip with her sister and mother, and from a listener who gets philosophical on the last trip he'd want to make in his life. 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	Distant corners of our planet are becoming more accessible than ever before.
0:07.0	Today we're zipping off on trips to places our grandparents could only imagine.
0:12.0	Hi, I'm Rick Steeves.
0:13.5	With the world increasingly becoming our playground and our increasingly high-powered lives crying
0:19.1	out for recess, more and more people are bitten by that old travel bug
0:23.0	book. Of course, scratching those travel bug bites
0:26.0	requires dealing with a little reality.
0:28.0	We Americans have the shortest vacations in the rich world,
0:31.0	and our dollar just isn't what it used to be. Still we
0:35.2	can all enjoy great travels without going broke if we travel smartly.
0:39.7	Together we can have a lifetime of travel ahead of us, starting with this next hour.
0:45.0	Stay with us for fascinating interviews with travel experts and lots of calls from our globe-trotting
0:50.4	listeners as we travel with Rick Steeves.
0:57.0	Travel with Rick Steeves is brought to you by American Airlines with their new Advantage Award booking tool, it's easier than ever to book to over 800 Advantage Award destinations online at AA.com.
1:12.0	American Airlines knows why you fly.
1:16.0	There's a good reason why so many people say Scotland is one of their favorite places to travel.
1:20.0	Scotland has some of the friendliest people you'll find anywhere.
1:24.0	Folks like Arthur Smith, one of my friends who ran a B&B in a remote Scottish Highlands
1:28.8	village for many years.
1:30.8	Arthur's quintessential Scottish burr and ruddy complexion were just the cover to a very generous
1:36.3	heart and spirit.
1:38.4	When I first met Arthur Smith, I knew he was the kind of Scottish gentleman I'd love my tour groups to meet and my television
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