Program 702: Touring Bath; Joy of Travel Writing; Ghost Dance in Berlin

Soak in the history and the splendor of Bath, where Georgian architecture and mineral waters make it one of England's most attractive cities.

Get a behind-the-scenes look at what happens when a travel writer researches guidebooks.

And hear how Peter Wortsman's Jewish heritage forces him to grapple with some powerful ghosts from the past in Berlin.

It's on the next Travel with Rick Steves.

• Roy Nicholls, tour guide based in Dorset, England
• Cameron Hewitt, author of "The Temporary European" (Travelers Tales)
• Playwright Peter Wortsman, author of "Ghost Dance in Berlin" (Travelers Tales)

• Roy Nichols blogs about the backroads of England at his Travel With Roy website.
• The Rick Steves online guide to Bath, England.
• Readers at Goodreads.com have high praise for Cameron Hewitt's book, "The Temporary European." Cameron shares thoughts on European travel in 2023, and introduces us to how the Glagolitic alphabet is used on the new Croatian Euro coins, in some of his recent blog postings.
• Playwright and translator Peter Wortsman is the author of "Ghost Dance In Berlin: A Rhapsody in Gray."
• Advance registration is now required to visit the dome of the Reichstag Building in Berlin. It is free of charge.
• The "stolpersteine" are stumbling stones that commemorate past residents of Berlin. 

• "In 1991 I toured Berlin and enjoyed taking photos where the Russian soldiers had taken photos while storming Berlin during World War II. At some places I could still find bullet holes. Is doing this kind of thing still possible?" (Charles in Naperville, Illinois)

• KPM_KPM_0504_00401_The_Take_Off_APM
• The Pearlfishers, "Berlin," Sky Meadows / Marina Records
• Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Gavin Sutherland, cond., "A Downland Suite: III-Minuet (John Ireland)," English String Miniatures, vol. 5 / Naxos
• The Beau Hunks and the Metropole Orchestra, "We're Out For Fun," Our Relations: The Original Score by Leroy Shield (original score to the Laurel and Hardy film 'Our Relations') / Basta Audio-Visuals
• Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Gavin Sutherland, cond., "Folksong (Percy Fletcher)," English String Miniatures, vol. 5 / Naxos
• Symphony Nova Scotia, Howard Cable, cond., "Fancy Free," Opportunity Knocks / CBC Records
• * Richard Greene & The Greene String Quartet, "The String Machine: II-'Skydrive,'" The String Machine / Virgin Classics
• SON_ISCD_0212_01601_Highly_Delighted_APM
• Mamou Prairie Band, "Blue Runner," Catch My Hat / Swallow
• Bob James and Earl Klugh, "New York Samba," Cool / Warner Bros.
• Morgaine Le Fay, "Streets of Montreal," Up She Flew / (self-released)
• BRU_BTV_0260_00801_Gentle_Rivers_APM
• Andy Irvine, "Never Tire of the Road," Celtic Collection (collection) / Putumayo
• * Rebbe (Bruce Berger), "Avinu," Rebbe Soul / (self-released)
• Munchener Bach Orchester, Karl Richter, cond., "Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D, BWV 1050 - 3. Allegro (J.S. Bach)," Bach: 6 Brandenburg Concertos / DG
• Glenn Gould, "Sinfonias, No. 7 in E minor (Fifteen Three-Part Inventions - BWV 787-801),"  Glenn Gould - Bach:  Original CBC Broadcasts / CBC Records
• Juri Artamonov Trio, "Berliner Luft," Berliner Luft-Berliner Swing / Swingalarm Music
• Rebbe (Bruce Berger), "Junkman's Son," Rebbe Soul / (self-released)
• Ian Pooley, "Sundowner," Berlin Lounge-Berlin by Night (collection) / Wagram  (France)
• Lotte Lenya, "So What," Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill / Sony Classical
• Berliner Salonensemble, "Der Optimist," Einsamer Sonntag - So klang es damals im Caféhaus Folge 2 / Monopol

* Indicates filler music used during breaks

• At 43:31, Peter Wortsman mentions that 2010 was the coldest winter in three decades in Berlin, allowing him to "walk on water" on a local lake.
• Rick mentions the titles of Peter's two historical plays in a reset at 47:55.
• At 49:28, Peter describes Berlin as bankrupt and it doesn't clear ice from its streets in winter.
• Peter describes a Prenzlauer neighborhood blockade against a May 1 neo-Nazi attempt to parade in Berlin, starting at 52:25.