Posts Tagged ‘Traveler’

tripwow.tripadvisor.com – Tour of Lithuania created at TripWow by TravelPod TripAdvisor™ TripWow Slideshow of Lithuania by TravelPod. Cities visited on this trip: – Vilnius, Lithuania – Trakai, Lithuania – Kaunas, Lithuania Photos in this video: – “Gates of Dawn South face” by Dhrycun from a blog titled “New Cameras, Breakaway Nations, and Vodka” – “Gates of Dawn North face” by Dhrycun from a blog titled “New Cameras, Breakaway Nations, and Vodka” – “Cathedral and its tower” by Renard from a blog titled “Hello, goodbye” – “SS Paul Cathedral Interior” by Andrewy from a blog titled “Trakai National Park” – “Vilnius University and St. John’s” by Dhrycun from a blog titled “New Cameras, Breakaway Nations, and Vodka” – “Me in Uzupis” by Kally563 from a blog titled “Baroque Vilnius” – “Uzupis Constitution” by Andrewy from a blog titled “Baroque Old Town” – “Hill of Three Crosses” by Englishanddrunk from a blog titled “Vilnius..the new Prague” – “Hill of Three Crosses” by Jglatt from a blog titled “Last day to wander” – “The National Museum of Drama – the 3 muses” by Elephanto12345 – “Frank Zappa statue” by Wasabi from a blog titled “Vilnius” – “Frank Zappa statue” by Jglatt from a blog titled “Icons and symbols – religious, social and absurd” – “Trakai Castle” by Fiseb from a blog titled “Trakai Castle” – “The Uzupis Angel” by Dhrycun from a blog titled “New Cameras, Breakaway Nations, and Vodka” – “Presidential palace” by Austega from a blog titled “Tuesday in Vilnius …

Complete video at: fora.tv Travel guru Rick Steves introduces one of his favorite parts of travel: incorporating history into tourist activities. Steves argues that many tourists are shielded from history by a travel industry that makes more money when people have been “dumbed down” and “conditioned not to think.” —– Spending four months a year overseas, Rick Steves believes that thoughtful travel can expand our world view and shape how we address the political challenges that confront our country. This popular speaker returns to The Commonwealth Club to provide a unique perspective on how the other 96 percent of humanity views our country and why we should “challenge truths we were raised to think were self-evident” in order to become citizens of the planet. Rick Steves grew up in Edmonds, Washington and studied at the University of Washington where he received degrees in Business Administration and European History. Since 1973, he has spent 120 days a year in Europe. Today he employs 80 people at his Europe Through the Back Door headquarters in Edmonds where he produces 30 guidebooks on European travel, the most popular travel series in America on public television, a weekly hour-long national public radio show, and a weekly column syndicated by the Chicago Tribune.

NYTimes.com – The Frugal Traveler, Matt Gross, takes a historical tour of the Lithuanian capital and delves into its Jewish past.