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Rick Steves is America’s favorite travel expert. He’s the bestselling author of more than 40 Europe travel guidebooks, and host of the popular public television series, Rick Steves’ Europe, and weekly public radio program, Travel with Rick Steves. Rick spends about a third of every year in Europe, researching guidebooks, filming TV shows, and making new discoveries that help American travelers connect much more intimately and authentically with Europe — and Europeans. He lives and works in his hometown of Edmonds, Washington, where his office window overlooks his old junior high school. In addition to his guidebooks, TV and radio work, Rick is a syndicated newspaper columnist. He appears frequently on television, radio, and online as the leading authority on European travel. In 1976, he started Europe Through the Back Door, Inc. a business which has grown from a one-man operation to a company with a well-traveled staff of 80 full-time employees offering a variety of travel services from escorted tours to a popular line of travel luggage and accessories produced by KIVA Designs. KIVA’s exclusive Rick Steves line is designed to be practical, durable and light weight — ideal for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Europe, frequent business travel or a weekend escape. Each item is “Rick-tested and-approved” making every trip smoother and more enjoyable.