For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories
For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories
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Overview
Join Rick as he's swept away by a fado singer in Lisbon, learns the dangers of falling in love with a gondolier in Venice, and savors a cheese course in the Loire Valley. Contemplate the mysteries of centuries-old stone circles in England, dangle from a cliff in the Swiss Alps, and hear a French farmer's defense of foie gras.
With a brand-new, original introduction from Rick reflecting on his decades of travel, For the Love of Europe features 100 of the best stories published throughout his career. Covering his adventures through England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and more, these are stories only Rick Steves could tell.
Wry, personal, and full of Rick's signature humor, For the Love of Europe is a fond and inspirational look at a lifetime of travel.
Winner of the 2022 Society of American Travel Writers' Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award: Best Travel Book, Silver
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781549188381 |
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| Publisher: | Hachette Book Group |
| Publication date: | 07/07/2020 |
| Series: | Rick Steves' Travel Guides Series |
| Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 6.70(h) x 1.20(d) |
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Table of Contents
Introduction
1 Falling in Love with Europe 1
Portugal and Spain 5
2 Fado: The Lisbon Blues 6
3 Seaside Traditions in Portugal's Nazaré 9
4 Esperanza in Évora 13
5 Portugal's Sunny Salema 16
6 Arcos de la Frontera: Pickles, Nuns, and Donkeys in the Bell Tower 19
7 Strolling Cordoba's Back Streets 23
8 Hair-Trigger Flamenco in Andalucía 26
9 Madrid: Two Bulls is Plenty 30
10 Pamplona: Feeling the Breath of the Bull on Your Pants 33
11 The Camino de Santiago: A Medieval Pilgrimage in Modern Times 38
12 Tantalizing Tangier 42
France 47
13 Fine Living at a Paris Market 48
14 Champs-Elysées: The Parisian Promenade 52
15 St. Sulpice: The Grand Organ of Paris 56
16 Alsace and Colmar: France and Germany Mix It Up 59
17 Well-Fed Geese in the Dordogne 63
18 Escargot and the Beauty of Terroir 66
19 The French Restaurant: A Spa for Your Taste Buds 69
Britain and Ireland 73
20 London: Beachcombing Through History 74
21 Westminster Abbey: The National Soul of England 77
22 The Queen's English 80
23 Bath: England's Cover Girl 83
24 The Cotswolds: Thatched Kingdom of Quaint 87
25 England's Lake District: Land of Great Hikes and Poets 91
26 York: Vikings, Bygone Days, and England's Top Church 94
27 Blackpool: Britain's Coney Island 100
28 Mysterious Britain 104
29 Ireland's Dingle Peninsula: The Next Parish Over is Boston 110
Belgium and the Netherlands 115
30 Bruges: Pickled in Gothic 116
31 Flabbergasted in a Haarlem B&B 120
32 Going Dutch… in Holland's Polder Country 124
33 Pedaling Through Amsterdam 127
34 Dutch Tolerance: Red Lights and Pot Shops 131
35 A Coffeesbop Conversation in Amsterdam 134
Switzerland and Austria 139
36 Gimmelwald: The Swiss Alps in Your Lap 140
37 In Search of Edelweiss 145
38 Dangling from a Swiss Cliff 150
39 Café Chitchat, Chocolate Cake, and the Vienna Opera 153
40 The Castles of Boyhood Dreams 156
Germany 161
41 Munich: Where Thirst is Worse Than Homesickness 162
42 Battleground Bacharach 165
43 Three Castles: Eltz, Rheinfels, and Neuschwanstein 170
44 Baden-Baden: Getting Naked with Strangers 174
45 Rothenburg's Night Watchman 177
46 After Hours at a German Stammtisch 181
47 Ghosts in Berlin 184
48 Berlin's Reichstag: Teary-Eyed Germans and a Big Glass Dome 187
49 Dachau: Forgive, But Never Forget 190
Italy 195
50 Swept Away in Rome 196
51 A Romantic Breeze in Rome 199
52 Naples: Bella Chaos 202
53 Romantic Italy: Amalfi Coast and the Isle of Capri 206
54 My Dinner with Franklin 210
55 The Italian Love of Eating 215
56 Ciao Chow: Italians on American Food 218
57 Florence: City of Art 221
58 The Church of David 224
59 Tuscany: "Here Begins Prosciutto" 228
60 Siena: Italy's Medieval Soul 231
61 Siena's Palio: 90 Seconds of Sheer Medieval Madness 234
62 Civita di Bagnoregio: Italy's Dead Town 237
63 Communicating in Italy 240
64 The Italian Alps: Lounging in the Dolomites 243
65 Venice: Piero's Boat 246
66 Venice's Cicchetti Crawl 249
67 Italian Boys: Macho or Mammone? 252
68 Stendhal Syndrome 257
69 Padua: Students, Saints, and Scarpette 260
70 Appreciating Milano 263
71 Lago di Como: Where Italians Honeymoon 268
72 The Cinque Terre: Italy's Riviera 271
73 Vernazza: Lorenzo's View 275
Scandinavia and the Baltics 279
74 Æro: Denmark's Ship-in-a-Bottle Island 280
75 Norway: The Old Country and a New Outlook 284
76 Charming, Challenging Oslo 287
77 Copenhagen's Christiania: No Cars, Corporations, or Dead Fish 291
78 Helsinki: "Relax … I Wash You Twice" 295
79 800 Finnish Singers March into Battle 298
80 Estonia: The Song of Freedom 301
Eastern Europe 307
81 Czech Out Prague 308
82 A Czech Mud Bath in Trebon 313
83 Poland's Historic, Captivating Kraków 317
84 Cold War Memories in Budapest 320
85 Walking Dubrovnik's City Walls 323
86 The Back Road to Mostar: Off the Beaten Path in Bosnia-Herzegovina 326
87 Mending Bridges in Mostar 329
88 The High Life and Humble Devotion on Montenegro's Bay of Rotor 332
Greece and Turkey 337
89 Greece's Underrated Peloponnese Peninsula 338
90 Cockcrow on Hydra 342
91 Déjà Vu in Istanbul 345
92 Ducks, Dung, and Hay in Eastern Turkey 350
93 Laz-pitality in Northeastern Turkey 353
94 Güzelyurt: Beautiful Land 357
Across Europe 363
95 Living History 364
96 A Little Bone Envy 368
97 Europe's Quirky Taste Treats 371
98 Artisan Europe 374
99 Europe Tears Down Walls-and Builds Bridges 378
Conclusion
100 The Essence of Good Travel: Connecting with People 383
Appendix Rick Steves' TV Clips 389