The Temporary European

Write guidebooks, make travel TV, lead bus tours? Cameron Hewitt has been Rick Steves¿ right hand for more than 20 years, doing just that.

The Temporary European is a collection of vivid, entertaining travel tales from across Europe. Cameron zips you into his backpack for engaging and inspiring experiences: sampling spleen sandwiches at a Palermo street market; hiking alone with the cows high in the Swiss Alps; simmering in Budapest¿s thermal baths; trekking across an English moor to a stone circle; hand-rolling pasta at a Tuscan agriturismo; shivering through Highland games in a soggy Scottish village; and much more.

Along the way, Cameron introduces us to his favorite Europeans. In Mostar, Alma demonstrates how Bosnian coffee isn¿t just a drink, but a social ritual. In France, Mathilde explains that the true mastery of a fromager isn¿t making cheese, but aging it. In Spain, Fran proudly eats acorns, but never corn on the cob.

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