Connecting Across Cultures
Meet Jody Van Engelsdorp Gastelaars from Haarlem, the Netherlands! She’s a good friend and fellow Rick Steves tour guide. She’s also a twin! (No, not my twin!) She’s got her very own identical twin sister, Ruby. And — although Jody’s nearly twelve years younger than I am — she’s been a great professional mentor for…
I was on the couch with my corona quarantine companion last Wednesday, watching a bit of telly, when my boss appeared. On came an episode of Rick Steves’ Europe! Naturally, we decided to watch. It was the “Scotland’s Highlands” episode, and eight minutes in, with the lush landscape of Glencoe as backdrop, Rick introduces local…
Guidebook author, television host, and travel icon, Rick Steves, is — under normal circumstances — always in Europe for his birthday (May 10th). And he’s a workaholic, you could say. But that’s just because Rick loves his job and believes deeply in travel as a perspective-broadening force for good in the world. In fact, Rick’s…