Program 619a: Paprika; Silver Sword and Stone; Galicia

On the next Travel with Rick Steves, guides from Hungary set us straight on their country's love of paprika, and what a good goulash is supposed to be.

Author Marie Arana looks at how a thousand years of history can help explain the differences between the countries of Latin America and the United States.

And we'll explore the lesser-known corner of Galicia in northwestern Spain, where Spaniards go to escape from the heat and the crowds.

• Budapest-based tour guides George Farkas and Anna Lenard
• Marie Arana, author of "Silver Sword and Stone" (Simon and Schuster)
• Spanish tour guides Federico Garcia Barroso and Agustin Ciriza

• Anna Lenard is the founder of a tour guide collective in Budapest, where she offers themed walking tours.
• George Farkas offers custom walking tours of Budapest, and is an Air BnB superhost there.
• Marie Arana wrote "Silver Sword and Stone" to examine the fundamental influences on Latin America, from its pre-conquest empires to today.  It was reviewed by the New York Times.
• Marie's newest title, "LatinoLand," is scheduled for release in February 2024.  She has also published a biography of Simon Bolivar, an autobiography of growing up Peruvian-American, and novels set in contemporary Lima, Peru.  Information on those titles is available on her website.
• The Rick Steves guide to the Camino de Santiago. It ends in Galicia, either at the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, or at the Cape Finesterre "Land's End" on the Atlantic coast.
• Agustin Ciriza offers guided tours and assistance on the Camino de Santiago, and hiking and recreational tours of Basque Country.
• Federico Garcia-Barroso offers a number of themed history and art tours in Madrid, plus live-streamed art history tours from Spain.

• "Is it true that most of the paprika sold in Hungary is now imported from other countries?" (e-mail from Ann in Nixa, Missouri)

• Newberry Consort, "La Spagna," composed by Heinrich Isaac, from 15^th century secular music of Spain, on the CD Missa de la Mapa Mundi / Harmonia Mundi
• Muzsikas, "Dunántuli Ugrosok (Transdanubian 'Urgos')," Bartok Album / Hannibal
• London Festival Orchestra, "Hungarian Dances, No. 5-G Minor, Allegro, Vivace" and "Hungarian Dances, No. 8-A Minor, Presto" (Brahms), Hungarian Dances 1-21 / EMP
• Tárkány-Müvek, "Csípd + (Bite it)," The Rough Guide to the Music of Hungary, disc 2 (collection) / World Music Network
• Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, with Sergio and Odair Assad, "Gypsy Songs" (from traditional Hungarian melodies), Classical Violin & Guitar Selections / Nonesuch
• Kalman Magyar, "Rečenica," Exposed / Hungaria Records  
• * Die Naye Kapelye, The Tecsoi Banda, "Baj Van Medley," The Rough Guide to the Music of Hungary, disc 1 (collection) / World Music Network
• Jaramar, "La Tortuga," A Native American Odyssey: Inuit to Inca (collection) / Putumayo
• Willie and Lobo, "Tribute to Manolo," Gypsy Boogaloo / Mesa-Blue Moon Records
• Freedom Dub, featuring Edmundo, "Melancolía Urbana," Buenos Aires-Paris: The Electronic Tango Anthology, disc 2 (collection) / PMB Music (Argentina)
• Los Antiguos, "Tezcatlipoca," Prehispanic Music 2, disc 1 (collection) / Producciones Mexicanas Discográficas
• Jordi Saval, Hesperion XXI, "Batalla Imperial (Cabanilles-Kerll)," Metamorphoses Fidei / Alia Vox
• Cecilia Barraza, "Canteruias," The Soul of Black Peru (collection) / Luaka Bop
• Ronan, "Otoño Porteño (Dark Piano Mix)," Buenos Aires-Paris: The Electronic Tango Anthology, disc 2 (collection) / PMB Music (Argentina)
• * Tanghetto, "El Boulevard," Buenos Aires-Paris: The Electronic Tango Anthology, disc 2 (collection) / PMB Music (Argentina)
• Cincinnati Pops, Erich Kunzel, cond., Paul Patterson, mandolin, "Mandolin Concerto: Allegro (Vivaldi)," Bella Tuscany (collection) / Telarc
• Carlos Nuñez, Sharon Shannon, "Pasacorredoiras," Discover Carlos Nuñez, disc 2 / Sony Music (France)
• Sharon Shannon and Friends, "A Vosta de Galicia," Compass Records Sampler, vol. 2 / Compass
• Electribe 101, "Talking with Myself," Café del Mar, vol. 5 / Geffen 
• Hesperion XXI, La Capella Real de Catalunya, "Guaracha: Ay Que Me Abraso (Zespedes)," Metamorphoses Fidei / Alia Vox
• David Russell, "'Asturias' from 'Suite espagnola, op. 47' (Albeniz)," Bella España (collection) / Telarc  
• Tannahill Weavers, "A Braxa (jig of unknown origin from Santiago de Compostela)," The Mermaid's Song / Green Linnet Records
• Carlos Nuñez, "St. Patrick's An Dro," Discover Carlos Nuñez, disc 2 / Sony Music (France)

* Indicates filler music used during breaks

• At 12:10 Rick and Anna comment on difficulties with medical care availability in the U.S. 
• At 26:32, Rick refers to cultural divides between rich and poor, urban and rural residents of the U.S. Marie Arana agrees there are similar issues in Latin America.  Rick replies at 27:22 that he "was just in Guatemala," where he observed the government appears to serve the interest of the capital city, instead of the indigenous residents of rural areas.  Marie says it's a similar scenario with Lima in Peru.
• Rick calls "Silver Sword and Stone" Marie Arana's "latest book" at 34:07.
• At 36:34, Marie describes the hopeful attitude she feels when observing a middle class developing in much of Latin America. 
• At 37:40, Rick adds that the Covid epidemic and climate change complicate the issues Latin America faces today.  
• Federico refers to an Antonio Banderas movie from "a short time ago," called "Altamira," at 56:40.