767 Eastern European Folklore; Unknown Balkans; Milan
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
4.3 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 September 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
A historian discusses some of the most salient narratives about themselves that eastern Europeans have been passing down through generations of folklore. Then a Bulgarian tour guide lets us in on why the smaller Balkan countries of Albania, Kosovo, and North Macedonia are emerging as "back-door" destinations. And tour guides from Italy share tips for people-watching among the chic and sleek in Milan's fashionable café scene — and the cocktails to enjoy while doing so.
For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | A great way to understand the complex histories of Eastern Europe is hearing the stories its people tell about themselves in their legends and folklore. |
| 0:08.6 | I think it's so essential because it gets you under that surface. It gets you away from that story of Kings and Queens into the story of regular people. |
| 0:15.0 | Find some of the least tourist in parts of Europe in the countries of the southern Balkans, |
| 0:20.0 | Albania, North Macedonian, Kosovo. |
| 0:22.0 | One of the most interesting architectural gems in the Balkans is situated there. |
| 0:28.0 | And for something completely different, go people watching among the fashionistas when they've got their credit cards out in the lawn. |
| 0:35.0 | Sometimes they have somebody carrying the shopping bag from them because you know that's very |
| 0:39.4 | chic and somebody else carrying their dogs because that's also shik. |
| 0:43.0 | Come with us for the hour ahead as we go to busy modern Milan and to Europe's mostly unknown |
| 0:48.3 | nations in the Balkans. And we'll uncover the roots of Eastern Europe in its |
| 0:52.0 | folklore. |
| 0:52.8 | It's all coming up on Travel with Rick Steele. |
| 0:58.8 | It's Italy's commercial powerhouse city and where you can see the Vinci's masterpiece the last supper. |
| 1:07.0 | Coming up today on Travel with Rick Steve's, we'll hear why Milan is a favorite place for guides from small town Italy to escape into high culture and fashion. |
| 1:15.0 | Plus, our favorite tour guide from Bulgaria wants you to know about the neighboring countries |
| 1:20.0 | he calls the unknown Balkans. He has suggestions for visiting the southern Balkans |
| 1:25.3 | with their rustic charm as backdoor destinations. If any of your ancestors came from the |
| 1:30.3 | countries we usually think of as Eastern Europe, I'll bet you'd be surprised by the stories and legends they probably heard growing up. and became fascinated with uncovering what the lives of the everyday people |
| 1:46.9 | were like in this volatile region and how their stories and sense of humor |
| 1:51.1 | convey a history that's long been crisscrossed by |
| 1:53.7 | dueling empires and powerful rulers. He's written goodbye Eastern Europe |
| 1:58.4 | an intimate history of a divided land to stir up the narratives that nations often tell about themselves. |
... |
Transcript will be available on the free plan in -199 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Rick Steves, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Rick Steves and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.