Where do you go to get inspired?

Claude Monet had only to step into his garden to find what he wanted to paint.

Instead of just organizing a bouquet or organizing a still life, he organized a whole garden

that would have the colors that sang for him.

Coming up, an artist who helped restore the famous gardens at Jevonneux

us about Monet's passion,

or walk a beach in Brittany to experience a dreamlike beauty after mountains of seafoam pile up on shore.

It becomes a very magical, surreal thing because, of course, the sunlight is blowing through it,

and it's lit up like a crystal cavern.

We'll hear how life can take a turn for the while

when you turn an old farmhouse in France into your home.

And three Americans who married Italians

tell us how they adjusted to settling in in Italy.

The first time we went out, we had a dictionary between us on the table.

I think you'll love the sense of romance and beauty

in the hour ahead.

So come along. It's Travel with Rick

Steves. We're looking at the places and the people we love today on Travel with Rick Steves.

We'll hear the stories of three American women whose European travels resulted in the ultimate

souvenir, a husband,

and a new life in Italy.

We'll also hear how an American family almost got in over their heads when they fell in love

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