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Smart Travels With Rudy Maxa volume 8
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English
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Australia’s stunning metropolis, Sydney seduces with its glorious harbor, carefree attitude and sunny beaches. From the Opera house to the Harbor Bridge to Circular Quay Rudy basks in the sights along the harbor.
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Smart Travels With Rudy Maxa volume 11
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English
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With spectacular seismic activity, fascinating plant and animal life, and to-die-for natural beauty, New Zealand is a traveler’s dream.
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Smart Travels With Rudy Maxa volume 7
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English
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In musical Salzburg, we focus on Austria's easy approach to life. We visit the city's grand cathedral, take a funicular up to Europe's greatest medieval fortress, and shop along fine Baroque streets reminiscent of Mozart's time. We visit the house where the young Amadeus was born and where he composed his first masterpiece. I
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Smart Travels With Rudy Maxa volume 4
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English
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A hip, happening urban center surrounded by natural beauty, Seattle combines city life with the great outdoors. Rudy explores the vibrant downtown, samples microbrews and lattes, noses around Seattle’s neighborhoods and hops aboard a ferry.
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Smart Travels With Rudy Maxa volume 7
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English
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We leave Western Europe behind as we venture to the exotic cities of Prague and Budapest. In Prague, we marvel at the startlingly beautiful old town and tour the labyrinthine castle that haunted writer Franz Kafka. Bohemian glass dazzles us as we browse the flourishing shops in this former Communist country, and we witness the scene of the “Velvet Revolution”.
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Smart Travels With Rudy Maxa volume 4
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English
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The Burgundy region boasts top French wines, romantic canals, Romanesque churches and some of France's most renowned cuisine. We base in the small town of Beaune and learn about its history of winemaking.
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Smart Travels With Rudy Maxa volume 6
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English
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Graced with charming cities, countryside villas and precious art, this corner of Northern Italy also features a playground of Alpine peaks and meadows. After a spectacular night at the opera in fair Verona’s Roman arena, we set out in search of Giotto’s colorful frescoes in Padua and architect Palladio’s palatial villas in Vicenza and the surrounding countryside.
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Smart Travels With Rudy Maxa volume 6
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English
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Munich's lively Marienplatz pulses with outdoor cafes, shoppers, street musicians and happy tourists. At the famous Hofbrauhaus, we sample Bavarian beer and kick up our heels with Schuhplattler dancers clad in lederhosen. Next stop is the Residenz, the family palace built by the Wittlesbachs, who ruled Bavaria for more than 700 years.
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Smart Travels With Rudy Maxa volume 7
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English
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The Swiss Alps reverberate with cowbells, accordions, and laughter. We make our home base in the year-round playground of Interlaken, the “town between two lakes”. We sail across glacial Lake Brienz, famous for its beautiful woodcarving.
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Smart Travels With Rudy Maxa volume 1
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English
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The cultures of the Pacific converge on the breathtaking islands of Hawaii. This trip Rudy begins on Maui, where he braves the twisting road to Hana with its cascading waterfalls and tropical splendor.
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Rudy Maxa's World volume 12
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English
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An urban marriage of high tech and age-old customs makes Tokyo a fascinating destination. The people you encounter range from teenagers playing "cos," or costume games, to adults taking dinner at a tiny yakatori restaurant where the kitchen consists of a small grill dedicated to cooking skewers of meat.
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Smart Travels With Rudy Maxa volume 13
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English
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London, Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels. A European city bustles—it’s a hub of commerce and the arts, energy, surprise, and international flavor. Where do you start if you have just 24-hours?
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Smart Travels With Rudy Maxa volume 7
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English
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We get a Pacific Rim rush when we visit energetic, ever-changing Hong Kong. On a famous Star Ferry, Rudy savors one of the most majestic skylines on earth.
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Smart Travels With Rudy Maxa volume 5
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English
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Known the world over for its wheels of golden cheese, its sweet prosciutto and divine vinegar, this slice of Northern Italy is a feast. From our base in Bologna we eat our way across the region, taking in the glorious art and culture along the way: cheese and mosaics in Parma, Balsamic vinegar and racecars in Modena, ham, pasta and university life in Bologna.
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Smart Travels With Rudy Maxa volume 1
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English
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While Athens sprawls, its historic core survives. After climbing the majestic Acropolis, rowing the Plaka, and cheering Greece’s best folk dancers, we take some easy trips outside the city.
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Smart Travels With Rudy Maxa volume 9
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English
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Milan symbolizes the powerhouse Italy of the 21st century—a European center for finance and fashion. We explore Italy's most extravagantly decorated Gothic cathedral, look at Leonardo da Vinci’s famous Last Supper and shop, shop, shop. A visit to the Milan Design Museum shows how, for the Milanese, everyday life is art. We take a train north to serene Lake Como, where we ferry-hop among lakeside villages.
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Smart Travels With Rudy Maxa volume 8
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English
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Habsburg palaces, coffee houses, Strauss waltzes…all are symbolic of Vienna. Visiting elegant Schoenbrunn Palace, riding in carriages, sampling luscious apple strudel and listening to Mozart concerts, we see that Austria's capital still lives its elegant, proud past.
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Rudy Maxa's World volume 7
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English
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Rudy paddles through hidden entrances of small islands to find mangroves few people ever see. In a nearby seaside village devastated by the 2006 tsunami, residents struggle to rebuild by offering sustainable tourism and home stays to visitors.
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Rudy Maxa's World volume 4
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English
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Boarding a gulet, the traditional wooden Turkish boat, Rudy sets out from the popular seaside town of Bodrum for a cruise along the coast with stops at several historic ruins.
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Smart Travels With Rudy Maxa volume 5
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English
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As Canada’s door to the Pacific Rim, Vancouver is a vibrant mix of European heritage and Asian cultures. In this vital, young and dynamic city Rudy explores the mix of cultures that inspires world-class cuisine, a spirited night life and modern Asian shopping centers.
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