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Travelers in Lindau, Germany
Now Playing on Travel with Rick Steves
Program 728: Beyond New Orleans; View from Germany; Traveling Again, Part 1
Release Date: 09-23-2023
Description
Take a look at the historical attractions of southeast Louisiana that are easy day trips from New Orleans. Listen in to a German journalist comparing how his fellow Germans approach contemporary political and social issues versus the polarizing ways many Americans react to hot button issues. Plus, hear listeners share tales of how they've been able to get back to traveling again since pandemic restrictions were lifted.
Guests
- Louisiana tour guide Andrew Farrier
- Journalist Stefan Wagner from Munich, Germany
Additional Info
- Andrew Farrier guides with Free Tours By Foot New Orleans.
- Andrew hosts many of the company's YouTube walking tour videos of New Orleans and nearby.
- Stefan Wagner's 2022 interview of Rick appears in English in This is Germany magazine. They compare how Germans and Americans view each other, and the world.
- The Pew Research Center analyzed the different ways Americans and Germans approach the world and one another.
- You can share your travel advice and experiences, and learn from fellow travelers, on the Rick Steves online Travel Forum.
Program Extras
More with Andrew Farrier - Andrew Farrier tells Rick about the company-towns that house petro-chemical refineries along the Mississippi River, between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. (runs 2:14)
More with Stefan Wagner - Munich-based journalist Stefan Wagner discusses with Rick how political issues are driving where people live and who they associate with, in Germany and the U.S. They also discuss the divergent views toward nudity and modesty in Europe and the U.S. (runs 5:48)