Rick Steves

Birth Name:

Richard Steves

Birth Place:

Edmonds, Washington, United States

Profession

Writer, Actor, Camera department

Helped build a 24-unit apartment building for the YMCA, which aids and houses homeless mothers
In 2011, gave $1 million to the Edmonds Center for the Arts and Cascade Symphony Orchestra
After graduating from the University of Washington, he taught travel classes at the school and during summer vacation, worked as a tour guide, which ultimately lead him to write his first travel book, "Europe Through the Back Door․"
Known for encouraging travelers to embrace foreign countries as a "temporary local․"
Helped fund his travels after college by teaching piano
Steves spends around a third of his year in Europe

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