Modern day Vagabonds know the joys of tossing out the itinerary and simply playing games with your day.

Your best souvenir is an understanding of who you are.

After you get home, you find yourself actually homesick for the road.

I'm Rick Steeves and we're about to spend the hour ahead with Rolf Potts who wrote

Vagabonding, the uncommon guide to the art of long-term world travel.

Rolf is one of the sharpest minds among the new

generation of travel writers and bloggers. Some people have all the money in the

world but they never spend their time in a way that enriches their life. If you've dreamed of taking a year off

and traveling, you should do that because time is what counts. You could say Rolf Potts is

the anti-tourist and his practical advice just might convince you to enjoy that open-ended trip of a lifetime.

See if you're up for the fun and challenge of vagabonding as we get acquainted with Rolf Potts and his approach to long-term travel around the world.

It's up next on Travel with Rick Steves.

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I'm Rick Steeves, this is Travel with Rick Steeves,

and today we're doing something a little different.

We're going Vagabonding.

We're going to learn all about the adventures and the art of long-term world travel.

I have joining me Ralph Potts and Ralph wrote a book called Vagavonding and Ralph

thanks for joining us.

Thanks a lot Rick.

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