“The most frightened people are the people who don’t travel,” Rick Steves says. “Fear is for people who don’t get out very much.”
To a certain subset of anxious but enthusiastic middle-class Americans—for those who yearn to see Paris before they die, and want to make sure they don’t miss a croissant or fresco while they’re there—Rick Steves is a bona-fide celebrity. His voice in his popular series of guidebooks is, by his own admission, oozing with dad vibes; bad puns flow from his fingers alongside gee-golly exclamations of wonder about the majesty of marble buttresses.
I want to go all the way back. What was your childhood like? Did your parents travel before they were married? Have you ever had a confrontation with somebody on one of your tours over the years, somebody who really didn’t want to step outside their box? If there’s a group of people without a leader, it just grinds to a halt. Somebody needs to go, “Do you know that museums are closed tomorrow? And this museum requires a reservation?” When I was a kid, I would travel with my friends from the dorm, and I was always organizing and they were complaining and sometimes I would just go on strike. And then after a few minutes they go, “O.K., Rick, you be the guide.” And then we got things done again.
France Dernières Nouvelles, France Actualités
Similar News:Vous pouvez également lire des articles d'actualité similaires à celui-ci que nous avons collectés auprès d'autres sources d'information.
LeBron, Rick Ross, MGK and more hit the town Friday for NBA All-Star Weekend partiesSome of the biggest names in music and sports took in Cleveland’s nightlife through the wee hours of the morning.
Lire la suite »
Mayoral candidate Rick Caruso's real estate empire poses possible conflicts of interest. Here's his planThe real estate company that bears his name will get a new CEO if Caruso is elected and the firm enters a blind trust.
Lire la suite »
Russia to stage nuclear drills as tensions over Ukraine remain highThe drumbeat of warnings that a larger conflict could start at any moment continued Friday after President Biden warned that Washington saw no signs of a promised Russian withdrawal of troops around Ukraine but, rather, more being moved in.
Lire la suite »
Russian-backed rebel leader in Ukraine calls for civilian evacuation as fears of invasion growThe move comes amid a spike in shelling across the line of contact between Ukrainian government forces and Russia-backed rebels in the region in recent days that fueled Western fears that Moscow could use it as a pretext for an invasion.
Lire la suite »
‘Strawberry Mansion’ review: It’s 2035, your dreams are full of advertisements and making someone very rich"Strawberry Mansion," with its mix of reality, fantasy, animation and dream worlds, revives the dream logic and free-association inventions of Michel Gondry, Terry Gilliam and others.
Lire la suite »