Appreciate Cultural Riptides

When one cannot travel Europe in person, the next best thing is taking a ride with Rick Steves, one of my favorite northwest personas who has spent much of his life showing us “Europe through the Back Door” on his syndicated public television travel series.

In a recent post on his “Travel as a Political Act” blog, he articulates quite eloquently the repetitious nature of our European ancestors.

When visiting a small Catholic church in Spain he muses:

“It becomes even more poignant when you realize that the church is built upon on the ruins of a mosque, which was built on the ruins of a church, which was built on the ruins of a Roman temple, which was built on the ruin of an earlier pagan holy place.”

His TAPA blog has definitely become one of my favorite lurks. . .