Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door 2008: The Travel Skills Handbook

Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door 2008: The Travel Skills Handbook
by Rick Steves

Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door 2008: The Travel Skills Handbook
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Author: Rick Steves
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-08-28
ISBN: 1566918537
Number of pages: 714
Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing

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Summary: 4 Stars

These days travel budgets are sorely tested. You want to get the most out of your trip to Europe because let's face it, you're spending a lot on airfare, squirreled away money for hotels, rail passes and food while trying to leave a little something left over for...well, you'll know it when you see it.
Anyway, this is why EUROPE THROUGH THE BACK DOOR is a must before you take your trip. Pick it up a good month before you go and read it cover to cover. Bookmark and dog ear the pages and places that are relevant to you.
Some of what you'll read won't make any real sense until you arrive and then you'll begin to realize its value.
Back in the Stone Age of the 1970s I hitch-hiked across Europe, occasionally slept in old ruins, played blues guitar in train stations for donations, drank a lot of good wine and beer and picked up a few tips for better travel along the way, like, oh- I dunno- don't sleep in old ruins?
Later, when I lived and worked in Germany for a number of years I learned more and better ways to travel. Gone was the sleeping bag and heavy backpack. Gone went the train station food.
Repeated trips led to better discoveries and you know what? I learned a lot from Rick Steves books too, stuff I should have known at the time but didn't, little gems of discovery that helped make the travel better.
Because he frequently updates his books you also get timely references as well- a key element because things change and Steves adapts along with them and chronicles the times and changes. Europe on $5 a Day doesn't exist anymore but with the book(s) Steves will help you find some good deals in good locations and understand the mechanics of better travel.
Finally, don't let other smug travel 'experts' steer you away from Steves either because I guarantee that you will find at least one or two things in this book (and his others) that will help make your trip more comfortable, occasionally easier, safe, and more enjoyable.
Bon voyage...and oh yeah, and if you pass a guitar player in a train station or on a street corner singing slightly out of tune toss him a coin or two. Chances are he doesn't have a copy of Europe Through the Back Door.

Summary of Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door 2008: The Travel Skills Handbook

From train and rail-pass skills to strategies for visiting museums, who else but Rick Steves can teach travelers the skills they really need when traveling through Europe? Learn how to deal with all of the details of planning a trip to Europe with Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door 2008. America's number one authority on travel to Europe, Rick Steves has done the legwork, discovered the secrets, and made the mistakes - so travelers don't have to. Completely revised and updated, Steves' time-tested recommendations for safe and enjoyable travel in Europe have been used by millions of Americans in search of their own unique European travel experience. Steves' travel tips include sticking to a budget, smart packing, planning ahead for visiting major sites, personal safety, avoiding tourist traps, and finding Europe's "back door" attractions. Smart advice is also offered on everything from social etiquette to booking a hotel and ordering food. Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door 2008 is an essential item on any European traveler's checklist.

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