Rick Steves

No, but it gives me an awareness of what you might regret when you're wrapping up your life. You know, you think about that. And it does make me consider and reconsider, you know, my priorities and be more mindful. Be more mindful, yeah. Yeah.

No, but it gives me an awareness of what you might regret when you're wrapping up your life. You know, you think about that. And it does make me consider and reconsider, you know, my priorities and be more mindful. Be more mindful, yeah. Yeah.

There's regrets. It has not been good for my family. I got divorced. It's not been great for relationships with loved ones. And it's a choice you have to make. I would love to be... the person I was before I was a travel writer.

There's regrets. It has not been good for my family. I got divorced. It's not been great for relationships with loved ones. And it's a choice you have to make. I would love to be... the person I was before I was a travel writer.

I would have had a very, very beautiful life being a piano teacher and coming home every night for dinner and mowing the lawn and joining clubs and, you know, being regular and reliable. But I've chosen a different path, and this is a path that is... It's a mission for me.

I would have had a very, very beautiful life being a piano teacher and coming home every night for dinner and mowing the lawn and joining clubs and, you know, being regular and reliable. But I've chosen a different path, and this is a path that is... It's a mission for me.

and I don't spend a lot of time explaining to people why my values are the way they are, or my priorities are the way they are. This is something that it's not accidental. I've calculated it, and I've got an opportunity to be what I consider extremely productive from helping people travel in a constructive way. And I choose that knowing it's not going to be without a cost. And I'm aware of that.

and I don't spend a lot of time explaining to people why my values are the way they are, or my priorities are the way they are. This is something that it's not accidental. I've calculated it, and I've got an opportunity to be what I consider extremely productive from helping people travel in a constructive way. And I choose that knowing it's not going to be without a cost. And I'm aware of that.

And in a way, I'm sad about it. But again, you have to make a choice.

And in a way, I'm sad about it. But again, you have to make a choice.

Oh, that's interesting, yeah.

Oh, that's interesting, yeah.

It's almost a calling from a pastoral sense or something. This is why God put me here. And it gives me energy. It's like breathing straight oxygen. And I wouldn't wish it on anybody, but it fits me. And I would have it no other way.

It's almost a calling from a pastoral sense or something. This is why God put me here. And it gives me energy. It's like breathing straight oxygen. And I wouldn't wish it on anybody, but it fits me. And I would have it no other way.

I've thought about that. That's a very good question, and it's kind of cool to have to put it into words, my thoughts on that. I would welcome the day, strangely, when I could not travel anymore because it would open up a gate of things that I've not done because of my love for travel. I've got a great piano sitting here. I don't play it enough. I've got a cabin in the mountains.

I've thought about that. That's a very good question, and it's kind of cool to have to put it into words, my thoughts on that. I would welcome the day, strangely, when I could not travel anymore because it would open up a gate of things that I've not done because of my love for travel. I've got a great piano sitting here. I don't play it enough. I've got a cabin in the mountains.

I've got an amazing girlfriend. I've got a wonderful son and daughter and a grandson. And if suddenly I couldn't do my work anymore, I don't think I'd miss a beat. Much as I love my work, much as I can neglect things that other people would think, boy, what a what an odd character that you would not value that. I would take it as good news that now I can turn a corner and do something else.

I've got an amazing girlfriend. I've got a wonderful son and daughter and a grandson. And if suddenly I couldn't do my work anymore, I don't think I'd miss a beat. Much as I love my work, much as I can neglect things that other people would think, boy, what a what an odd character that you would not value that. I would take it as good news that now I can turn a corner and do something else.

I would just, you know, be thankful that I had enough vigor left in me and my, that I could enjoy it fully. You know, I took a one week hike around Mount Blanc. with my girlfriend Shelly. And I'm just... I love traveling with her. And it was a great thing because hiking around Mont Blanc, there was no research I could do. I wasn't going to write a book about it.

I would just, you know, be thankful that I had enough vigor left in me and my, that I could enjoy it fully. You know, I took a one week hike around Mount Blanc. with my girlfriend Shelly. And I'm just... I love traveling with her. And it was a great thing because hiking around Mont Blanc, there was no research I could do. I wasn't going to write a book about it.