I. GETTING STARTED
Foreword by Rick Steves
Preface
About this Book
I've Been in Your Hotel Room: A Day in the Life of a Guidebook Writer
II. THE TEMPORARY EUROPEAN
Hey! I'm in Europe! | Kraków, Poland
The Permanent Residents of Vacationland | Croatia's Dalmatian Coast
The Artisanal Life | Tuscany, Italy
My Travel Origin Story | Europe, 1999
Jams Are Fun: When Travel Plans Go Sideways
III. DECONSTRUCTING CLICHÉS
Velkomin til Íslands! | Reykjavík, Iceland
The Soggy, Sunny Highland Games of Taynuilt | Scottish Highlands
D'oh! A Deer! | Salzburg, Austria
Loving the French (What's Not to Love?) | France
That Wonderful Language Barrier | Europe
Jams Are Fun: How to Drive in Sicily: Just Go Numb
Like All Things, This Tour Shall Pass: Confessions of a Tour Guide
IV. FOOD IS CULTURE
Come On, Have Some Guts | Palermo, Sicily
These Pierogi Are Perfect | Kraków, Poland
Seven Markets in Seven Days | Provence, France
The Trouble with Tapas | Spain
Where the World's Food Comes to You | London, England
Jams Are Fun: There's a (Gastrointestinal) Bomb on the Bus!
V. ALL ALONE; NEVER ALONE
An Introvert in the Land of Extroverts | Italy
High in the Mountains with Tina's Dad | Slovenian Alps
What Lies Beneath | Dartmoor, England
Waiting for Luciano's Knock | Val d'Orcia, Italy
Acorns and Corncobs: A Semester Abroad | Salamanca, Spain, 1996
Jams Are Fun: It's Gonna Be a Noisy Night | Europe
In Romania, Everything Is (Not) Possible: Making Travel Television
VI. MEANINGFUL HEDONISM
Pistachio Gelato Never Lies | Florence, Italy
Making Hay While the Sun Shines | Above Gimmelwald, Switzerland
Up to My Earlobes in Hot Water | Budapest, Hungary
Ghosts and Skeptics | Great Britain
Jams Are Fun: A Rough Day on the North Sea
The Merry Band of Travelers: The Cult of Rick Steves
VII. CHANGES AND CHALLENGES
The Sublime and the Ridiculous | Cinque Terre, Italy
One Day I Met Some Refugees | Zagreb, Croatia
Blood, Toil, Tears, Sweat, and Surrendering to Brexit | South England
Hallstatt Never Changes...Except When It Does | Hallstatt, Austria
Jams Are Fun: In Rome, You Can Never Get a Taxi When It Rains
EPILOGUE: After the World Changed, a New Hope for Travel; Or: Shutterbugs Miss the Lion
LUMPENSAMMLER: Favorites (and Least Favorites)
Acknowledgments
