Cameron Hewitt moved from Ohio to Seattle in 2000 to help Rick Steves research and write America’s bestselling guidebooks. Cameron has traveled to and written about more than 35 European countries, coauthoring books on Croatia, Budapest, Iceland, Scotland, Greece, Berlin, and more. Cameron also guides Rick Steves tours in Europe; contributes to Rick’s television series and radio program; regularly presents travel talks; and blogs about his travels at www.cameronhewitt.com. He writes with a deep passion for travel, keen cultural insight, and a sense of humor. Cameron married his high school sweetheart and favorite travel partner, Shawna, and lives in Seattle, Washington.

Select Guide Rating

• I. GETTING STARTEDForeword by Rick StevesPrefaceAbout this BookI’ve Been in Your Hotel Room: A Day in the Life of a Guidebook WriterII. THE TEMPORARY EUROPEANHey! I’m in Europe! | Kraków, PolandThe Permanent Residents of Vacationland | Croatia’s Dalmatian CoastThe Artisanal Life | Tuscany, ItalyMy Travel Origin Story | Europe, 1999Jams Are Fun: When Travel Plans Go SidewaysIII. DECONSTRUCTING CLICHÉSVelkomin til Íslands! | Reykjavík, IcelandThe Soggy, Sunny Highland Games of Taynuilt | Scottish HighlandsD’oh! A Deer! | Salzburg, AustriaLoving the French (What’s Not to Love?) | FranceThat Wonderful Language Barrier | EuropeJams Are Fun: How to Drive in Sicily: Just Go NumbLike All Things, This Tour Shall Pass: Confessions of a Tour GuideIV. FOOD IS CULTURECome On, Have Some Guts | Palermo, SicilyThese Pierogi Are Perfect | Kraków, PolandSeven Markets in Seven Days | Provence, FranceThe Trouble with Tapas | SpainWhere the World’s Food Comes to You | London, EnglandJams Are Fun: There’s a (Gastrointestinal) Bomb on the Bus!V. ALL ALONE; NEVER ALONEAn Introvert in the Land of Extroverts | ItalyHigh in the Mountains with Tina’s Dad | Slovenian AlpsWhat Lies Beneath | Dartmoor, EnglandWaiting for Luciano’s Knock | Val d’Orcia, ItalyAcorns and Corncobs: A Semester Abroad | Salamanca, Spain, 1996Jams Are Fun: It’s Gonna Be a Noisy Night | EuropeIn Romania, Everything Is (Not) Possible: Making Travel TelevisionVI. MEANINGFUL HEDONISMPistachio Gelato Never Lies | Florence, ItalyMaking Hay While the Sun Shines | Above Gimmelwald, SwitzerlandUp to My Earlobes in Hot Water | Budapest, HungaryGhosts and Skeptics | Great BritainJams Are Fun: A Rough Day on the North SeaThe Merry Band of Travelers: The Cult of Rick StevesVII. CHANGES AND CHALLENGESThe Sublime and the Ridiculous | Cinque Terre, ItalyOne Day I Met Some Refugees | Zagreb, CroatiaBlood, Toil, Tears, Sweat, and Surrendering to Brexit | South EnglandHallstatt Never Changes...Except When It Does | Hallstatt, AustriaJams Are Fun: In Rome, You Can Never Get a Taxi When It RainsEPILOGUE: After the World Changed, a New Hope for Travel; Or: Shutterbugs Miss the LionLUMPENSAMMLER: Favorites (and Least Favorites)Acknowledgments

Cameron Hewitt moved from Ohio to Seattle in 2000 to help Rick Steves research and write America’s bestselling guidebooks. Cameron has traveled to and written about more than 35 European countries, coauthoring books on Croatia, Budapest, Iceland, Scotland, Greece, Berlin, and more. Cameron also guides Rick Steves tours in Europe; contributes to Rick’s television series and radio program; regularly presents travel talks; and blogs about his travels at www.cameronhewitt.com. He writes with a deep passion for travel, keen cultural insight, and a sense of humor. Cameron married his high school sweetheart and favorite travel partner, Shawna, and lives in Seattle, Washington.

Select Guide Rating

• I. GETTING STARTEDForeword by Rick StevesPrefaceAbout this BookI’ve Been in Your Hotel Room: A Day in the Life of a Guidebook WriterII. THE TEMPORARY EUROPEANHey! I’m in Europe! | Kraków, PolandThe Permanent Residents of Vacationland | Croatia’s Dalmatian CoastThe Artisanal Life | Tuscany, ItalyMy Travel Origin Story | Europe, 1999Jams Are Fun: When Travel Plans Go SidewaysIII. DECONSTRUCTING CLICHÉSVelkomin til Íslands! | Reykjavík, IcelandThe Soggy, Sunny Highland Games of Taynuilt | Scottish HighlandsD’oh! A Deer! | Salzburg, AustriaLoving the French (What’s Not to Love?) | FranceThat Wonderful Language Barrier | EuropeJams Are Fun: How to Drive in Sicily: Just Go NumbLike All Things, This Tour Shall Pass: Confessions of a Tour GuideIV. FOOD IS CULTURECome On, Have Some Guts | Palermo, SicilyThese Pierogi Are Perfect | Kraków, PolandSeven Markets in Seven Days | Provence, FranceThe Trouble with Tapas | SpainWhere the World’s Food Comes to You | London, EnglandJams Are Fun: There’s a (Gastrointestinal) Bomb on the Bus!V. ALL ALONE; NEVER ALONEAn Introvert in the Land of Extroverts | ItalyHigh in the Mountains with Tina’s Dad | Slovenian AlpsWhat Lies Beneath | Dartmoor, EnglandWaiting for Luciano’s Knock | Val d’Orcia, ItalyAcorns and Corncobs: A Semester Abroad | Salamanca, Spain, 1996Jams Are Fun: It’s Gonna Be a Noisy Night | EuropeIn Romania, Everything Is (Not) Possible: Making Travel TelevisionVI. MEANINGFUL HEDONISMPistachio Gelato Never Lies | Florence, ItalyMaking Hay While the Sun Shines | Above Gimmelwald, SwitzerlandUp to My Earlobes in Hot Water | Budapest, HungaryGhosts and Skeptics | Great BritainJams Are Fun: A Rough Day on the North SeaThe Merry Band of Travelers: The Cult of Rick StevesVII. CHANGES AND CHALLENGESThe Sublime and the Ridiculous | Cinque Terre, ItalyOne Day I Met Some Refugees | Zagreb, CroatiaBlood, Toil, Tears, Sweat, and Surrendering to Brexit | South EnglandHallstatt Never Changes...Except When It Does | Hallstatt, AustriaJams Are Fun: In Rome, You Can Never Get a Taxi When It RainsEPILOGUE: After the World Changed, a New Hope for Travel; Or: Shutterbugs Miss the LionLUMPENSAMMLER: Favorites (and Least Favorites)Acknowledgments

Cameron Hewitt moved from Ohio to Seattle in 2000 to help Rick Steves research and write America’s bestselling guidebooks. Cameron has traveled to and written about more than 35 European countries, coauthoring books on Croatia, Budapest, Iceland, Scotland, Greece, Berlin, and more. Cameron also guides Rick Steves tours in Europe; contributes to Rick’s television series and radio program; regularly presents travel talks; and blogs about his travels at www.cameronhewitt.com. He writes with a deep passion for travel, keen cultural insight, and a sense of humor. Cameron married his high school sweetheart and favorite travel partner, Shawna, and lives in Seattle, Washington.

Select Guide Rating

• I. GETTING STARTEDForeword by Rick StevesPrefaceAbout this BookI’ve Been in Your Hotel Room: A Day in the Life of a Guidebook WriterII. THE TEMPORARY EUROPEANHey! I’m in Europe! | Kraków, PolandThe Permanent Residents of Vacationland | Croatia’s Dalmatian CoastThe Artisanal Life | Tuscany, ItalyMy Travel Origin Story | Europe, 1999Jams Are Fun: When Travel Plans Go SidewaysIII. DECONSTRUCTING CLICHÉSVelkomin til Íslands! | Reykjavík, IcelandThe Soggy, Sunny Highland Games of Taynuilt | Scottish HighlandsD’oh! A Deer! | Salzburg, AustriaLoving the French (What’s Not to Love?) | FranceThat Wonderful Language Barrier | EuropeJams Are Fun: How to Drive in Sicily: Just Go NumbLike All Things, This Tour Shall Pass: Confessions of a Tour GuideIV. FOOD IS CULTURECome On, Have Some Guts | Palermo, SicilyThese Pierogi Are Perfect | Kraków, PolandSeven Markets in Seven Days | Provence, FranceThe Trouble with Tapas | SpainWhere the World’s Food Comes to You | London, EnglandJams Are Fun: There’s a (Gastrointestinal) Bomb on the Bus!V. ALL ALONE; NEVER ALONEAn Introvert in the Land of Extroverts | ItalyHigh in the Mountains with Tina’s Dad | Slovenian AlpsWhat Lies Beneath | Dartmoor, EnglandWaiting for Luciano’s Knock | Val d’Orcia, ItalyAcorns and Corncobs: A Semester Abroad | Salamanca, Spain, 1996Jams Are Fun: It’s Gonna Be a Noisy Night | EuropeIn Romania, Everything Is (Not) Possible: Making Travel TelevisionVI. MEANINGFUL HEDONISMPistachio Gelato Never Lies | Florence, ItalyMaking Hay While the Sun Shines | Above Gimmelwald, SwitzerlandUp to My Earlobes in Hot Water | Budapest, HungaryGhosts and Skeptics | Great BritainJams Are Fun: A Rough Day on the North SeaThe Merry Band of Travelers: The Cult of Rick StevesVII. CHANGES AND CHALLENGESThe Sublime and the Ridiculous | Cinque Terre, ItalyOne Day I Met Some Refugees | Zagreb, CroatiaBlood, Toil, Tears, Sweat, and Surrendering to Brexit | South EnglandHallstatt Never Changes...Except When It Does | Hallstatt, AustriaJams Are Fun: In Rome, You Can Never Get a Taxi When It RainsEPILOGUE: After the World Changed, a New Hope for Travel; Or: Shutterbugs Miss the LionLUMPENSAMMLER: Favorites (and Least Favorites)Acknowledgments