Hi from Rick: Timeless and Ever-Changing
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| The name of my town is changed. We're done with Dingle...now it's An Daingean. It's easy...if you speak Irish! |
Dear Traveler,
Europe is timeless…and ever-changing.
This year the Irish are going ethnic on us, proudly renaming the places we've come to know and love to their traditional Gaelic. Pay attention out there: signs to the Dingle Peninsula will now read "An Daingean."
Italian spontaneity isn't what it used to be, either. In Milan, because of all the "Da Vinci Code" hype, Leonardo's Last Supper is booked-up six weeks in advance.
All across Europe, things are changing in ways that will affect thousands of American' trips in 2006. To help you prepare, this month's online Travel News includes our annual "What's New In Europe" article sharing the most important changes we've discovered in our 2006 guidebook research, from Norway to Naples.
You'll also find a handy do-it-yourself taxi tour of Paris — a fun, money-saving alternative to the pricey commercial-bus versions — just hand your driver our map along with a very polite request (using a leetle basic French). And from the other side of the continent, Cameron Hewitt, co-author of our Eastern Europe guidebook, reports on what it takes to happily survive Russia as a tourist.
Coming up later this month, on February 24th we'll webcast live recording sessions direct from our radio studio. Our guests will include the legendary Arthur Frommer, a Maasai tribesman and a Punjabi Sikh.
Gearing up for your next trip? Spend $100 or more in our Travel Store this month, and we'll let you choose a free DVD that fits your upcoming destination — a $20 value.
The more things change in Europe, the more you can rely on us to help you prepare…for that timeless trip.
Happy Travels,
Rick Steves