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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
"Hi, I'm Rick Steves'" ~ Traveling the World From The Comfort Of Home
By Brian E. Erland
Has there ever been another travel guide more amiable, more informative, more eclectic and just plain likeable than Rick Steves? This more or less nerdish but pleasant looking fellow will without delay win the viewer over with his charm, humor and smoothing, layback manner. However what will keep you observing program after program is his consummate psychological result of perception learning and reasoning of the internet sites and persons he visits.

While each journeying is only 30 minutes in length Rick has a distinctive talent of synthesizing the a good deal of facets that make up a persons and place. He leaves no stone unturned in his analysis; historical background, spiritual heritage, cultural underpinnings and political bequest are all evenly touched upon to give the audience a fuller understanding of the rural and urban landscape.

However not not an person to dwell too much on the past, he provides a delightful tour of the markets, music, restaurants and nightlife. The kind of selective information would actually want to know if you're out for a good time.

The production values are likewise fantasti supplying fanstastic visuals that are worth watching even if there where no commentary. Traveling with Rick Steves' is the next best thing to being there.

This queer DVD holds five episodes, thirty minutes in length. Imagine two and one half hours in Austria and the Alps, one of the most picturesque areas to be found anywhere, better get started!

3 of 3 persons found the following review helpful.
Rick Steves is great!
By Inge Wolf
I exhaustively enjoyed the dvd, Rick Steves is very knowledgeable, this was not only entertaining, but very educational.

0 of 0 persons found the following review helpful.
Nice, but quirky guy
By G. Gates
Rick Steves is a quirky guy who likes to get off the beaten path. This DVD is just like that, but I am making my initial trip to Austria, and I felt this glossed over what it is like to go for your original time. He did not disclose all of the places that are listed in most guide books, and that disappointed me. What I like in his books are the little hints in regards to visiting the things that you ought to see as a original time tourist. What I was disappointed in with this DVD is I felt that he skipped over a good deal of main attractions to show more of the "out of the ordinary" and "off the beaten path" places.

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