Program 768: Pan-American Road Trip; Filming the World’s Backyard; Travel Pursuits

An American memoirist describes what she learned when retracing an epic — and poignant — family road trip all the way from Oregon to the southern tip of South America. Then a film producer recounts some of the exhilarating travels he's turned into spectacular IMAX nature films. And fellow listeners call in to share how their passions and hobbies have provided a framework for memorable overseas travels.

• Teresa Bruce, author of "The Drive" (Seal Press)
• Mike Day, author of "The World Has a Big Backyard: Adventure Travel Stories from an IMAX Documentary Filmmaker" (Wise Ink Creative Publishers)

• Teresa Bruce wrote "The Drive" about her two Pan-American road trips.
• Teresa describes her family's original road trip to South America on the Pan-American Highway on Travel with Rick Steves program #517.
• Mike Day writes about his travel experiences, producing more than a dozen nature documentaries in the large-screen IMAX format, in his book, "The World Has a Big Backyard: Adventure Travel Stories from an IMAX Documentary Filmmaker."
• The Brittany Tourism website offers recommendations for spotting a good kouign-amann pastry, where it originated in Douarnenez, or elsewhere.
• In responding to librarian Jill's e-mail, Rick notes that he designed the "Classroom Europe" video features on his website to be used by educators.