How much to national borders define a culture?

Ross Perlin suggests that we follow the languages

to get at what really sets one society apart from another.

The linguistic map is a deeper one that really gets you into European history, European culture.

Coming up, we'll look at where the words we speak came from.

As a woman of color who often travels solo,

Onika Raymond wants to encourage everyone to get excited about

traveling in other cultures. I think it's really important for all of us to be a good

neighbor as we make the world our orster and as we navigate all these different

places, spaces, and destinations.

She also lets us in on the issues that black travelers often have to pace.

People have a certain idea in their mind of who I am, where I'm from, and what my intentions are.

And listeners share more stories on how they're avoiding being overwhelmed by tourist

crowds in Europe. Come along for the hour ahead. It's travel with Rick Steve's.

A host of Budget Travel Shows tells us what her priorities are as a black woman who often travels solo.

And we'll check with more listeners on how they're avoiding the crowds at popular tourist sites now that the whole world is traveling again.

That's in the hour ahead on today's Travel with Rick Steves.

Europe is home to about two dozen official languages

and many more regional ones that may still be spoken today. official languages

that may still be spoken today.

While languages die out all the time,

knowing how one language became dominant over the others

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