Travel with Rick Steves
Travel with Rick Steves
Rick Steves
524a First Time in Italy; Duck Season in Gascony
52 minutes Posted Aug 8, 2026 at 12:00 am.
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Hear from two Roman tour guides about what to expect on a first-time trip to Italy, and how to make it the adventure of a lifetime. Then get a taste of life in France's rural southwest as author David McAninch explains how spending the better part of a year in Gascony taught his American family to slow down and savor their time together.