Rick Steves' Festive Europe
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Rick Steves' Festive Europe
Watch Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. This episode catches Europeans celebrating the good life. Travel with Rick through Andalucía — with the horses, sherry, and flamenco of the Spring Fair; in Paris — reveling in the streets on Bastille Day; running with the bulls in Pamplona; and in England's pristine Lake District for a ...
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