For the love of Europe : my favorite places, people and stories / Rick Steves.
Material type: TextPublisher: Berkeley, CA : Avalon Travel, Hachette Book Group, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First editionDescription: vii, 399 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781641711319
- 1641711310
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 914.04 S848 | Available | 33111009662103 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
After 40+ years of writing about Europe, Rick Steves has gathered 100 of his favorite articles and essays together into one inspiring collection: For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories .
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, insightful, and full of Rick's signature humor, For the Love of Europe is a fond and inspirational look at a lifetime of travel.
Introduction -- Portugal and Spain -- France -- Britain and Ireland -- Belgium and the Netherlands -- Switzerland and Austria -- Germany -- Italy -- Scandinavia and the Baltics -- Eastern Europe -- Greece and Turkey -- Across Europe -- Conclusion.
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.