Rick Steves

Hey, Lulu. Good morning. How are you doing?

Hey, Lulu. Good morning. How are you doing?

It's early in Seattle. So far, I'm great.

It's early in Seattle. So far, I'm great.

I don't think I have an agenda to live in the place I grew up. It's just I'm settled here, you know. I look out my window right now and I can see what was my junior high school. And I think I got to show it to you. There you go. Can you see?

I don't think I have an agenda to live in the place I grew up. It's just I'm settled here, you know. I look out my window right now and I can see what was my junior high school. And I think I got to show it to you. There you go. Can you see?

This is the field. I just had to run around that track when I was in seventh grade.

This is the field. I just had to run around that track when I was in seventh grade.

That's a bad memory. I've always worked on the same street. I've worked at four addresses on the same street, four blocks up the street from the ferry dock, and I can walk there in seven minutes from my home. This is where I've got friends. This is where I know the bar. This is where I go for my old-fashioned American-style greasy spoon breakfast. This is my home, yeah.

That's a bad memory. I've always worked on the same street. I've worked at four addresses on the same street, four blocks up the street from the ferry dock, and I can walk there in seven minutes from my home. This is where I've got friends. This is where I know the bar. This is where I go for my old-fashioned American-style greasy spoon breakfast. This is my home, yeah.

Well, thank you. I'm doing as well as you can be doing when you have prostate cancer. A month ago, I said goodbye to my prostate, and I see it as a journey. I don't speak the language, but I don't know exactly where it's going. I'm not in control of the itinerary. I want to tackle it with what I consider a traveler's mindset. But it's scary at the same time. My prognosis is very good.

Well, thank you. I'm doing as well as you can be doing when you have prostate cancer. A month ago, I said goodbye to my prostate, and I see it as a journey. I don't speak the language, but I don't know exactly where it's going. I'm not in control of the itinerary. I want to tackle it with what I consider a traveler's mindset. But it's scary at the same time. My prognosis is very good.

If you're going to get cancer, prostate's a good kind of cancer to get. And it's interesting to me, it hasn't gotten me down. I'm kind of having, not fun, but I'm having a learning experience. I didn't really want to be an expert on incontinence, but I'm going to get through it. And people are coming out of the woodworks telling me about their experience.

If you're going to get cancer, prostate's a good kind of cancer to get. And it's interesting to me, it hasn't gotten me down. I'm kind of having, not fun, but I'm having a learning experience. I didn't really want to be an expert on incontinence, but I'm going to get through it. And people are coming out of the woodworks telling me about their experience.

One of the most commented on and shared posts I've ever had on Facebook was when I shared my experience there. And it was a very, very positive thing. I've always thought it's important not to keep these things secret, to be embarrassed about anything. When I was a teenager, that was a long time ago, my mom had some kind of depression.

One of the most commented on and shared posts I've ever had on Facebook was when I shared my experience there. And it was a very, very positive thing. I've always thought it's important not to keep these things secret, to be embarrassed about anything. When I was a teenager, that was a long time ago, my mom had some kind of depression.

And they were fiddling around trying to find the right kind of antidepressant medicine for her and so on. And I know that there's a lot of depression in our society. And even as a teenager, I felt like, I can't keep this a secret. We've got to share it with people so that when they have depression in their family...

And they were fiddling around trying to find the right kind of antidepressant medicine for her and so on. And I know that there's a lot of depression in our society. And even as a teenager, I felt like, I can't keep this a secret. We've got to share it with people so that when they have depression in their family...

they will be more open about it and sharing and not be alone and afraid, but be in community. And, you know, I've had a lot of prayers and a lot of thoughts, thoughts and prayers and warm feelings and all that. And it almost has a tangible value. It fills the sails that motor me through this journey. And I'm really thankful for it.

they will be more open about it and sharing and not be alone and afraid, but be in community. And, you know, I've had a lot of prayers and a lot of thoughts, thoughts and prayers and warm feelings and all that. And it almost has a tangible value. It fills the sails that motor me through this journey. And I'm really thankful for it.