Rick Steves' Europe: Season 2

S2·E1 Mytharc

Venice: Serene, Decadent and Still Kicking

Sep 7, 2002 · 25 min

Sorting through the monuments of magical Venice, we trace its decline from Europe's most powerful city to its most hedonistic. We cruise its main street - the Grand Canal - then ge

S2·E2 Core

Venice Side-Trips: The Best of Veneto

Sep 14, 2002 · 25 min

Pulling on hip boots, we settle into the muck of Venice, then take a speedboat tour of the lagoon. On the mainland, we head for Padova to tour a once-illegal anatomy theater and tr

S2·E3 Core

Florence: City of Art

Sep 21, 2002 · 25 min

In the birthplace of the Renaissance, we look into the eyes of Michelangelo's David and Botticelli's Venus, learn tricks for touring the Uffizi art gallery, and climb the dome that

S2·E4 Core

Siena and Assisi: Italy's Grand Hill Towns

Sep 28, 2002 · 25 min

In red-bricked Siena, we tour the town's innovative medieval hospital, lavish cathedral, and a bakery that makes panforte (like fruitcake, only delicious). Exploring the Chianti re

S2·E5 Core

Cinque Terre: Italy's Hidden Riviera

Oct 5, 2002 · 25 min

In these five idyllic port towns, we sample village life: fishing for anchovies at midnight, savoring the best pesto, picking grapes, and cheering cliff divers as we hike the "walk

S2·E6 Core

Amsterdam and Dutch Side-Trips

Oct 12, 2002 · 25 min

Amsterdam stimulates all the senses, with Rembrandt's and stately architecture from its Golden Age, hidden churches and Holocaust memorials from its troubled times, and Van Gogh's

S2·E7 Core

Prague and the Czech Republic

Oct 19, 2002 · 25 min

Newly energized Prague, slinky with sumptuous Art Nouveau facades, is perpetually playing Mozart and Vivaldi. Eastern Europe's top destination has Europe's best beer, biggest castl

S2·E8 Core

Dublin and Mystical Side Trips

Oct 26, 2002 · 25 min

Dublin's story is of feast and famine - from its 18th-century Golden Age to its 20th-century struggles for independence to its boomtime today. We explore the town's foreboding cast

S2·E9 Core

South Ireland: Waterford to the Ring of Kerry

Nov 2, 2002 · 25 min

We find the icons of Ireland strewn along its fascinating south coast: Waterford's much-loved crystal factory; the Kennedy family homestead; the Dunbrody famine ship; and Kinsale's

S2·E10 Core

The Best of West Ireland: Dingle, Galway, and the Aran Islands

Nov 9, 2002 · 25 min

Deepest Ireland is best experienced on its west coast in Gaeltachts - where the people speak Gaelic and the rugged villages have changed little over the generations. After explorin

S2·E11 Core

Berlin: Resilient, Reunited and Reborn

Nov 16, 2002 · 25 min

Berlin is back, resuming its place as a great European capital. We climb the Reichstag's glass dome, sway at a modern-day cabaret, and pop a few chocolates in the now thriving east

S2·E12 Core

Germany's Romantic Rhine and Rothenburg

Nov 23, 2002 · 25 min

Cruising the Rhine River, we dodge riverboat traffic and the legendary Lorelei. After climbing castles and descending into dungeons, we relax with Rhine wine. We tour Burg Eltz-a l

S2·E13 Mytharc

Munich and the Foothills of the Alps

Nov 30, 2002 · 25 min

In Munich, where locals specialize in good living, we visit boisterous markets and go-for-Baroque palaces. while office workers surf in the Isar River. Heading into the foothills o

S2·E14 Mytharc

Switzerland's Jungfrau Region: Best of the Alps

Dec 7, 2002 · 25 min

If Heidi is alive, she's in this sky-high corner of the Swiss Alps, with cowbells ringing on breathtaking ridges. After settling into a traditional village where locals scythe hay