Rick Steves Quotes

You can`t explain India to people. I can explain Ireland, Norway, the Alps, but I can`t explain India.

It`s important to go with the flow. If you go to a restaurant in Spain at 7 p.m., that`s bad news. The staff is eating then.

It`s wasteful to have a train pass just ticking away.

Smart consumers should know what all the options are.

What little history we`ve got in this rugged little corner of ours, we want to treasure. In Europe, they don`t bulldoze things thoughtlessly. They preserve them.

I could have said, `This sucks,` (but) what would this have accomplished? ... I was aware of the `Sophie`s choice` that had to be made. I really was proud of my community for saving the auditorium. In America, we have to be proud of what little scraps of elegance we can save in this low-tax, low-service, Texas model of government.

Despite the ease of ATMs, we still recommend bringing some of your funds in traveler`s checks -- enough to get you through a few days in an emergency. They are quicker to replace than ATM cards if they are lost or stolen, and they`re not prone to being demagnetized or gobbled up by a cranky machine,

Eastern Europe has been really trendy. Prague is the best-preserved city in the region ... and the best beer in Europe lands on your table there for 50 cents.

I`m like the general public. I didn`t put it together (about the razing) until recently. A little bit, I was in denial.

It`s the cheap alternative to the Italian Riviera.