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.

I. GETTING STARTED Foreword by Rick Steves Preface About this Book I've Been in Your Hotel Room: A Day in the Life of a Guidebook Writer II. THE TEMPORARY EUROPEAN Hey! I'm in Europe! | Krakow, Poland The Permanent Residents of Vacationland | Croatia's Dalmatian Coast The Artisanal Life | Tuscany, Italy My Travel Origin Story | Europe, 1999 Jams Are Fun: When Travel Plans Go Sideways III. DECONSTRUCTING CLICHES Velkomin til Islands! | Reykjavik, Iceland The Soggy, Sunny Highland Games of Taynuilt | Scottish Highlands D'oh! A Deer! | Salzburg, Austria Loving the French (What's Not to Love?) | France That Wonderful Language Barrier | Europe Jams Are Fun: How to Drive in Sicily: Just Go Numb Like All Things, This Tour Shall Pass: Confessions of a Tour Guide IV. FOOD IS CULTURE Come On, Have Some Guts | Palermo, Sicily These Pierogi Are Perfect | Krakow, Poland Seven Markets in Seven Days | Provence, France The Trouble with Tapas | Spain Where the World's Food Comes to You | London, England Jams Are Fun: There's a (Gastrointestinal) Bomb on the Bus! V. ALL ALONE; NEVER ALONE An Introvert in the Land of Extroverts | Italy High in the Mountains with Tina's Dad | Slovenian Alps What Lies Beneath | Dartmoor, England Waiting for Luciano's Knock | Val d'Orcia, Italy Acorns and Corncobs: A Semester Abroad | Salamanca, Spain, 1996 Jams Are Fun: It's Gonna Be a Noisy Night | Europe In Romania, Everything Is (Not) Possible: Making Travel Television VI. MEANINGFUL HEDONISM Pistachio Gelato Never Lies | Florence, Italy Making Hay While the Sun Shines | Above Gimmelwald, Switzerland Up to My Earlobes in Hot Water | Budapest, Hungary Ghosts and Skeptics | Great Britain Jams Are Fun: A Rough Day on the North Sea The Merry Band of Travelers: The Cult of Rick Steves VII. CHANGES AND CHALLENGES The Sublime and the Ridiculous | Cinque Terre, Italy One Day I Met Some Refugees | Zagreb, Croatia Blood, Toil, Tears, Sweat, and Surrendering to Brexit | South England Hallstatt Never Changes...Except When It Does | Hallstatt, Austria Jams Are Fun: In Rome, You Can Never Get a Taxi When It Rains EPILOGUE: After the World Changed, a New Hope for Travel; Or: Shutterbugs Miss the Lion LUMPENSAMMLER: Favorites (and Least Favorites) Acknowledgments