As I have previously mentioned, the always popular American travel writer is one of my personal heroes. Many years ago I had the good luck to have run into Rick when our paths crossed in Italy and we got to hang out for an afternoon in a small town on Lake Como. Rick was kind enough to support a travel project that I had going at the time, giving it a boost. I recently heard a great interview with him on National Public Radio and thought I’d share the video that accompanied the radio show with you. (see below)

In the video Rick reflects on his career as a ‘travel teacher’. There are lots of nice little nuggets about tourism and traveling, like his distinction between ‘escape travel’ and ‘reality travel’: “[With reality travel] I want to go home a little bit different, a little less afraid, a little more thankful, a better citizen of the planet.”

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