802 Ladies of the Louvre; The Roma; American Expats
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
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🗓️ 16 August 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Author Elaine Sciolino gives us the history behind the famous women — both artists and subjects — to visit in Paris' grand repository. Then a Romani author shares what it was like growing up in her culture as we trace the lineage and influence of the vibrant Romani people. And the well-traveled Paul Theroux provides aspiring expats a realistic assessment of what it means to leave the US in the rearview mirror.
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| 0:00.0 | Out of the thousands of works of classic art on display at the Louvre in Paris, |
| 0:05.0 | only a handful were produced by women. |
| 0:07.0 | Still, Elaine Shalino reminds us who the museum's superstars really are. |
| 0:12.0 | The most important works of art in the Louvre are of women, but heck, it's a macho museum. |
| 0:19.0 | Madeline Potter has never felt tied to one place. |
| 0:22.5 | That's no surprise, given what she's learned about her Roma family background. |
| 0:26.2 | The Roma aren't just one big group. |
| 0:29.6 | There's a lot of variety and diversity among Romani communities. |
| 0:33.6 | And author Paul Theroux reminds us that moving abroad as an expat has its challenges. |
| 0:38.8 | But I wouldn't delude myself into thinking that I share their culture. |
| 0:43.3 | They have different pieties, they have different beliefs. |
| 0:46.2 | Advice for starting over somewhere else, plus an insider look at Roma communities and the women of the Louvre. |
| 0:51.9 | Come along for the hour ahead. |
| 0:53.4 | It's Travel with Rick Steves. |
| 0:59.8 | They've been stereotyped and maligned for centuries. |
| 1:03.4 | Coming up, Madeline Potter pays tribute to her Roma heritage |
| 1:06.4 | as she gets acquainted with the different kinds of Roma communities in the world. |
| 1:11.1 | And author and travel writer Paul Theroux is a few words of advice for Americans who are eager |
| 1:15.7 | to move abroad. He cautions it might not be as easy as you'd like to settle into a whole new culture. |
| 1:22.0 | Let's start today's travel with Rick Steves in the heart of Paris with our old friend, |
| 1:25.9 | journalist Elaine Shalino. |
| 1:33.4 | I'd say that the Louvre in Paris is the world's greatest museum, but to be honest, |
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