Program 811: Slavic Europe; Running with the Bulls; Checking In

Guidebook researcher Cameron Hewitt opens our eyes to the history, nature, and genuine welcome that await travelers venturing to the Slavic nations of central and eastern Europe. Then a tour guide from Switzerland explains what compels him to run with the bulls in Pamplona each summer, as he's done for five decades. And listeners chat with Rick about their latest European travel discoveries.

• Cameron Hewitt, senior writer/content manager at Rick Steves' Europe
• Switzerland-based tour guide Tony Lewis

• Cameron Hewitt is Rick's senior content producer and writer. He offers tales from his own European travels in his book, "The Temporary European."
• The Rick Steves Central Europe guidebook covers sites in the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Austria, Slovakia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Romania.
• Tony Lewis guides tours at the historic Lavaux Vineyard Terraces on Lake Geneva, Switzerland.
• Rick writes about viewing the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain.
• Caller Elizabeth from Akron recommends visiting Puerto de Sagunto, a half-hour north of Valencia, for a less crowded and less expensive smaller-town beach experience in Spain.
• The Pilegrims Leden website has information on the pilgrim routes to Trondheim, Norway.
• The Rick Steves online guide to Sicily.