Rick Steves’ Europe Through the Back Door 2011: The Travel Skills Handbook

• You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling through Europe
• This guide explains how to plan your itinerary and maximize your time by packing light and finding good value hotels and restaurants, travel smoothly by train, bus, car, and plane, avoid big crowds and tourist scams
• After 25 years of exploring Europe, Rick considers this travel skills handbook his life’s work
• He shares his favorite off-the-beaten-path towns, trails, and natural wonders
• With this guidebook, you’ll experience the culture like a local, spend less money, and have more fun

You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you “really” need to know when traveling through Europe, including how to:
Plan your itinerary and maximize your time
Pack light–and right
Find good-value hotels and restaurants
Travel smoothly by train, bus, car, and plane
Avoid crowds and tourist scams
Hurdle the language barrier
Understand cultural differences and connect with locals
Save money while enjoying the trip of a lifetime
After 30 years of exploring Europe

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Yankin’ it in Europe: An American Guide to Studying Abroad. Rob gives many crucial European travel tips. Learning ensues. Intro: Sam (www.youtube.com Special thanks to: GordonEdward for the awkwardness (www.youtube.com Mike for the music and karate (www.youtube.com Props if you get the nerdy book reference! Travel destination information: www.wikitravel.com Getting there www.ryanair.com http www.easybus.com http (British rail travel) www.travelocity.com (European rail travel for US) http (European rail travel) Staying there: www.hostelworld.com Backpack www.amazon.com had a few (I got mine at a sports store)