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Tag Archives: Rick Steves
Everybody Loves a Travel Guidebook Parody
Here in North America the travel guidebook author and travel show host Rick Steves is almost universally loved, but is also the target of good natured satire as well. While I’ve met Rick, and even spent an afternoon hanging with … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Tourism, Travel Writing, USA, Writing
Tagged McSweeney, Rick Steves, Satire, Travel Guidebooks
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A Travel Guru To Follow
For more than three decades North American travelers have been getting advice on European tourism from a folksy, easy-going travel writer named Rick Steves. Over the years, Rick’s best-selling guidebooks and popular Public Television travelogues have encouraged millions of Americans … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Freedom of Speech, Public Transport, Tourism, Travel Writing, USA
Tagged ACLU, NORML, PBS, Rick Steves, Travel Guidebooks
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“To Travel Is To Possess The World”
Long before Rick Steves and Peter Greenberg showed us how to travel, Burton Holmes was delighting audiences with original travelogues and short films. The fascinating Burton Holmes Archive has a treasure trove of information about early travel writing and the … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Canada, Europe, Film, History, Middle East, Photography, South America, Tourism, Travel Writing, USA
Tagged Bruges, Burton Holmes, Paris, Peter Greenberg, Rick Steves, travelogs, travelogues
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