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Rick Steves' Europe

Germany's Black Forest and Cologne

Season 1 Episode 6

Rick teams up with his wife and kids to enjoy the good life, dipping into a classy mineral spa, trying our luck at a fancy casino, devouring chocolate-cherry cake, and exploring Germany's most romantic forest.

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