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European Travel Tips and Tools

Author Talk with Rick Steves

Join guidebook author and TV host Rick Steves as he shares the latest in smart European travel. 

In this entertaining, information-packed slideshow lecture, Rick will teach you the secrets of safe, smart, inexpensive travel — low on stress and high on fun. You’ll learn how to travel smoothly and affordably by planning an efficient itinerary, eating and sleeping well, avoiding crowds, packing smartly, and more. 

About the Author: ​Rick Steves is a popular public television host, a best-selling guidebook author, and an outspoken activist who encourages Americans to broaden their perspectives through travel. He is the founder and owner of Rick Steves' Europe, a travel business with a small-group tour program that brings more than 30,000 people to Europe annually. Rick lives and works in his hometown of Edmonds, Washington, where his office window overlooks his old junior high school.

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Please note: This program is offered in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium. The opinions expressed in this program are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Oakville Public Library. The level of engagement with the author may be limited due to time and/or capacity restrictions. The Library Speakers Consortium is an online resource which curates virtual presentations with top authors from around the world to library goers. The opinions expressed in this program are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Oakville Public Library. Past virtual author events can be viewed at libraryc.org/opl.

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