Season 2 (2002)

Venice: Serene, Decadent and Still Kicking
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September 7, 2002 • 25m

Sorting through the monuments of magical Venice, we trace its decline from Europe's most powerful city to its most hedonistic. We ...Read more

Venice Side-Trips: The Best of Veneto
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September 14, 2002 • 25m

Pulling on hip boots, we settle into the muck of Venice, then take a speedboat tour of the lagoon. On the mainland, we head for Pa...Read more

Florence: City of Art
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September 21, 2002 • 25m

In the birthplace of the Renaissance, we look into the eyes of Michelangelo's David and Botticelli's Venus, learn tricks for touri...Read more

Siena and Assisi: Italy's Grand Hill Towns
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September 28, 2002 • 25m

In red-bricked Siena, we tour the town's innovative medieval hospital, lavish cathedral, and a bakery that makes panforte (like fr...Read more

Cinque Terre: Italy's Hidden Riviera
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October 5, 2002 • 25m

In these five idyllic port towns, we sample village life: fishing for anchovies at midnight, savoring the best pesto, picking grap...Read more

Amsterdam and Dutch Side-Trips
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October 12, 2002 • 25m

Amsterdam stimulates all the senses, with Rembrandt's and stately architecture from its Golden Age, hidden churches and Holocaust ...Read more

Prague and the Czech Republic
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October 19, 2002 • 25m

Newly energized Prague, slinky with sumptuous Art Nouveau facades, is perpetually playing Mozart and Vivaldi. Eastern Europe's top...Read more

Dublin and Mystical Side Trips
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October 26, 2002 • 25m

Dublin's story is of feast and famine - from its 18th-century Golden Age to its 20th-century struggles for independence to its boo...Read more

South Ireland: Waterford to the Ring of Kerry
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November 2, 2002 • 25m

We find the icons of Ireland strewn along its fascinating south coast: Waterford's much-loved crystal factory; the Kennedy family ...Read more

The Best of West Ireland: Dingle, Galway, and the Aran Islands
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November 9, 2002 • 25m

Deepest Ireland is best experienced on its west coast in Gaeltachts - where the people speak Gaelic and the rugged villages have c...Read more

Berlin: Resilient, Reunited and Reborn
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November 16, 2002 • 25m

Berlin is back, resuming its place as a great European capital. We climb the Reichstag's glass dome, sway at a modern-day cabaret,...Read more

Germany's Romantic Rhine and Rothenburg
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November 23, 2002 • 25m

Cruising the Rhine River, we dodge riverboat traffic and the legendary Lorelei. After climbing castles and descending into dungeon...Read more

Munich and the Foothills of the Alps
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November 30, 2002 • 25m

In Munich, where locals specialize in good living, we visit boisterous markets and go-for-Baroque palaces. while office workers su...Read more

Switzerland's Jungfrau Region: Best of the Alps
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December 7, 2002 • 25m

If Heidi is alive, she's in this sky-high corner of the Swiss Alps, with cowbells ringing on breathtaking ridges. After settling i...Read more