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Every two years since 1990, Rick Steves has produced a new season of travel shows featuring his favorite European destinations. This October, public television stations across the USA are rolling out Rick's newest shows — 11 half-hour episodes taking you from Estonia to Bosnia-Herzegovina to Morocco and beyond. For more information on the Rick Steves' Europe TV series — including episode descriptions, scripts, participating stations, travel information on destinations and more — visit http://www.ricksteves.com

For more information on the Rick Steves' Europe TV series — including episode descriptions, scripts, participating stations, travel information on destinations and more — visit www.ricksteves.com.

For more information on the Rick Steves' Europe TV series — including episode descriptions, scripts, participating stations, travel information on destinations and more — visit www.ricksteves.com.

For more information on the Rick Steves' Europe TV series — including episode descriptions, scripts, participating stations, travel information on destinations and more — visit www.ricksteves.com.

For more information on the Rick Steves' Europe TV series — including episode descriptions, scripts, participating stations, travel information on destinations and more — visit www.ricksteves.com.

We just finished filming two new TV shows on Paris—12 days of work. I was exhausted when we were done, but—I have to admit—in Paris it's hard to call it "work." Rather than hard working, let's call it hard living.

One of the great perks of TV production is the luxury of being alone with Europe's greatest art. A few weeks before we came to film, I scouted Paris' Orangerie Museum and developed a concept of strolling with Monet along the banks of his water lily pond. When I returned with the film crew, we commandeered a wheelchair to use as a "poor man's dolly" (in good guerilla-budget public television style), allowing us to capture that smooth "stroll along the pond" effect for our viewers—in hi-def!