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Rick Steves' Europe
Art Bites 185: Art Nouveau, Mucha, and Gaudí
As a response to the Industrial Age, artists went organic with willowy maidens, melting ice cream eaves, and an embrace of nature. It was Art Nouveau: Mucha in Czech Republic, Jugendstil in Germany, and Modernisme in Barcelona.
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Rick uses Ethiopia as a classroom for understanding global hunger and extreme poverty
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Exploring the Nile Valley from north to south, we see the highlights of Egypt.
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Traveling across Germany, we trace the roots of Nazism in the aftermath of World War I.
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Starting in Glasgow, we travel to Stirling Castle, and watch a sheepdog demo.
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We'll wander across the Isles of Iona and Skye, then set sail for Orkney’s Scapa Flow.
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Let's visit Scotland’s Glencoe, Inverness, the Culloden battlefield and Loch Ness.
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Let's enjoy Sicily's Palermo, Monreale, Agrigento, Villa Casale, Taormina, and Mt. Etna