This video is the introduction of Rick Steves‘ talk at the Bay Area Travel Show. He was giving a talk about visiting Europe “through the backdoor” (connecting to the culture and not traveling to all the same tourist destinations in tour buses). Before his talk he spoke for a few minutes about his personal story of how he went from a piano teacher to a popular travel personality on TV and radio, a travel guidebook author and a tour operator.

This weekend you will find me again at the 2008 Bay Area Travel Show. I am particularly looking forward to hearing both Pauline Frommer and Rick Steves who are speaking at the seminar portion of the show.