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Rick Steves Eastern Europe DVD Reviews:
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Rick Steves Eastern Europe DVD
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Rick Steves on a three-hour trek across travel's "new frontier" - Eastern Europe - in six half-hour "Rick Steves"'Europe" Public televison shows. Poland Rediscovered: Krakow Auschwitz and Warsaw: The old "east" is transforming itself into the new heart of Europe. Krakow with its bubbly Baroque and cobbled charm is emerging as the exciting "next Prague." A visit to Auschwitz teaches us a timeless soul-searching lesson. And Warsaw - systematically destroyed during World War II - is a lively thriving capital once again. Prague and the Czech Republic: Newly energized Prague has Europe's best beer biggest castle liveliest pedestrian bridge and most evocative Jewish Quarter. We side-trip to Kutna Hora and ponder its eerie chapel decorated centuries ago with 40000 bones.Slovenia and Croatia: Dubrovnik is still the "jewel of the Adriatic." Nearby villages decorate their dreamy archipelago with small-town Venetian charm. Ljubljana is like Salzburg without tourists. The Julian Alps glisten with pristine lakes and Lipizzaner stallions are eager to strut their stuff.Budapest: The Best of Hungary: Budapest once Vienna's partner in ruling the Austro-Hungarian empire feels like the capital of Eastern Europe. Capitalism has taken hold with gusto as shopping boulevards thrive and stone Lenins litter a theme park at the edge of town. Nineteenth century coffeehouses are suddenly hip and Gypsy orchestras feature smoking violins.Surprising Bulgaria: Bulgaria is a time warp of old and new-from chic shops in the city to donkey cars in the country. We hike to a mountain monastery meet two sculptors (dad does Stalin son does nudes) and enjoy a traditional dinner feast at a local home.Eastern Turkey: After a Mount Ararat sunrise we visit Abraham's 4000-year-old home town tour one of the world's biggest dams cheer on grease wrestlers meet the gods atop Mount Nemrut and dance with new friends.
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