Program 625a: Snowdonia; Outposts; Natural Slovenia

Delve into the remote outposts and refuges across the globe where travelers have stopped along the course of their adventures. Then hear about the highest views in Wales — and how to reach them — and learn about the country's slate mining heritage. And from Alps to caves, vineyards to beehives, catch the buzz of the natural wonders on display in Slovenia.

• Welsh tour guide/archeologist Martin de Lewandowicz
• Dan Richards, RLF Fellow at Bristol University and author of "Outpost: A Journey to the Wild Ends of the Earth" (Canongate)
• Tina Hiti and Sašo Golub, tour guides from Lake Bled, Slovenia

• Snowdonia National Park is now being referred to by its Welsh name Eryri, and calls itself "one of Britain's breathing spaces."
• The BBC explores the official name change of the park and mountain that took effect in late 2022.
• The Snowdon Mountain Railway takes you to "the rooftop of Wales."
• There's a personal profile interview of archeologist/tour guide Martin de Lewandowicz on the Rick Steves website.
• Dan Richards is the author of "Outpost: A Journey to the Wild Ends of the Earth." He spoke with Rick about visiting the forest outlook in the Cascade Mountains of Washington state, where writer Jack Kerouac once stayed, on Travel with Rick Steves program #579 in October 2019.
• Dan wrote the section about the Holloways of Dorset, in southern England, in the prose-poem book "Ghostways." Co-author Robert Macfarlane spoke about that on Travel with Rick Steves program #620 in November 2020.
• The Rick Steves destination guide to Slovenia includes information about Lake Bled and the Julian Alps region.
• The Skocjan Caves Park is considered the largest underground cavern system in Europe.
• The "human fish," or olm, is a type of salamander found in the caves of Slovenia.
• Tour guides Saso Golub and Tina Hiti can be contacted at their PG-Slovenia website.