Rick Steves' 2005 Amsterdam, Bruges & Brussels

Rick Steves is on a mission: to help make European travel accessible and meaningful for Americans. Rick has spent four months every year since 1973 exploring Europe. He's researched and written 27 travel guidebooks and also writes and hosts the public television series Rick Steves' Europe. With the help of his hardworking staff of 60 at Europe Through the Back Door, Rick organizes and leads tours of Europe and offers an information-packed Web site (www.ricksteves.com). Rick, his wife (and favorite travel partner) Anne, and their two teenage children, Andy and Jackie, call Edmonds, just north of Seattle, home. Gene Openshaw is a writer, composer, tour guide, and lecturer on art and history. Specializing in Europe's cultural sights, Gene has co-authored eight of Rick's books and contributes to Rick's public television series. As a composer, Gene has written a full-length opera (Matter), a violin sonata, and dozens of songs. He lives near Seattle with his wife and daughter, and roots for the Mariners in good times and bad.Steves, Rick is the author of 'Rick Steves' 2005 Amsterdam, Bruges & Brussels ', published 2005 under ISBN 9781566916158 and ISBN 1566916151.