756 Resurrecting Roman Rubble; Plovdiv, Bulgaria; European Travel Serendipity

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🗓️ 1 June 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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A self-described "Rome nerd" helps us picture what it was like to live in the Roman Empire and explains how much we can learn about the era from its now 2,000-year-old rubble. Then a tour guide from Bulgaria sings the praises of its cultural capital, Plovdiv — one of the oldest cities in Europe, possibly in the whole world. And listeners share serendipitous stories from their European travels.

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0:00.0	If you visit Rome with Philip Barleg, be prepared to make a lot of stops.
0:05.0	He might be tempted to investigate nearly every pile of stones you come across for evidence of the ancient Roman Empire.
0:12.0	If I see four ancient bricks stacked on top of each other,
0:14.4	I feel this compelling, deep urge to know
0:17.2	what were those things?
0:18.8	What was the building that was there?
0:20.4	Why was it built?
0:21.5	Coming up, he tells us how he resurrects Roman rubble.
0:25.0	There's an ancient Roman amphitheatre that's still in use in Bulgaria.
0:29.0	It's a concert venue in its second largest city,
0:32.0	which could just be the oldest city in all of Europe.
0:35.0	The people of Provi believe that they're the elite of the nation,
0:39.0	and they have so many rights to say that.
0:42.0	A Bulgarian guide lets us in on why they're so proud of
0:45.0	their cultural capital, Plovdiff. And listeners bring us travel reports from
0:49.6	lesser known places that you might enjoy seeing as well.
0:53.0	Come along for a few surprise destinations in the hour ahead.
0:56.0	It's Travel with Rick Steve's.
1:01.0	Have you thought about the Roman Empire yet today?
1:03.0	We'll look at what its architecture tells us about living there 2,000 years ago.
1:08.0	There's a city in Bulgaria that's even older than Rome or Athens,
1:12.0	and in just a bit we'll learn about Plovden, the cultural
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