833 Americans in Europe; Venetian Lagoon
6/13/202652 min
Three American-born tour guides who have settled in Europe tell us what it's like to make a new home in a foreign country. Then, a lifelong resident of Italy's Veneto region helps us explore the Venice Lagoon as an ever-changing ecosystem shaped by climate change, local history, and the distinct cultures of its islands.
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First 90 secondsRick Steves· Host0:00
[gentle music] Why would anyone move from the United States to Europe? Well, coming up, three American-born tour guides explain why they did just that. Tim Tandick feels more at home in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
Tim Tandeck· Guest0:12
It just feels culturally more fitting, more, more comfortable there.
Rick Steves· Host0:16
Amanda Buttingar went to Madrid to study Spanish. 28 years later, it's where she's raising her family.
Amanda Buttinger· Guest0:22
The kids are in the streets playing in the squares. The people are out walking around in the parks and the piazzas and the plazas.
Rick Steves· Host0:28
Studies took Jim McDonough to Berlin, where he's also raising a bicultural family.
Jim McDonough· Guest0:33
Even though in a city like Berlin, 3.7 million people, I feel as if I'm in a small town because I run into the same people at the same places every day.
Rick Steves· Host0:40
Plus, find out what's on those islands you see off shore in the Venetian lagoon.
Igor Scamporin· Guest0:44
Venice is 120 islands linked together by more than, uh, 400 bridges, 150 canals actually.
Rick Steves· Host0:53
Come along. It's Travel with Rick Steves. [gentle music] It helps to have someone who grew up just outside of Venice to let you in on the charming places that lie just beyond the reach of the tourists that fill the city's walkways and piazzas. Coming up today on Travel with Rick Steves, a lifelong Venetian guide introduces us to what's just a short ride away on a vaporetto in the calm harbor known as the Venice Lagoon. Among its islands are ones that are famous for glassmaking and a beach festival, and some not so famous ones where you can stroll among vineyards,