This year’s summer school is going to be a little different, because instead of focusing on books, we’re going to be focusing on episodes of Rick Steves’ Europe. Here’s a look at all the shows we’ll be watching (you’ll have to wait and see all of the different European recipes we’ll be trying to go with our viewing!):
- Rick Steves’ Europe: The Blu-Ray Collection (70 shows!!!)
- Rick Steves’ Europe: The Complete Collection (Which I only got because it was super marked-down, and contained some episodes that neither the blu-ray collection nor our other discs had).
- Rick Steves’ Travel Extras
- Rick Steves’ European Easter
- Rick Steves’ Europe: 12 New Shows 2015-1016
- Rick Steves’ Europe: 10 New Shows 2017-2018
- Rick Steves’ Europe: 12 New Shows 2019-2020
Of course, there will be some books, too:
- Europe Through the Back Door
- Travel as a Political Act
- London
- French, Italian & German Phrase Book
- Rick Steves’ European Christmas
- Rick Steves’ European Easter
- Rick Steves’ European Festivals
- Rick Steves’ Europe Planning Map (yes, not technically a book, but I didn’t know where else to put it!)
And even a CD (perfect for Christmas in July!):
- Rick Steves’ European Christmas CD
For fun, because I always like to have something hands-on as part of summer school, I got the Lego Architecture Paris skyline set for us to build. We’ve collected quite a few of these skylines now, in addition to the Eiffel Tower model we have, and I think it will make a nice addition to our display!
I also got the children travel journals to go with our viewing. My plan is to have them keep one page for each episode, and list specific places they would like to visit in the future if they are able for each location Rick highlights. My hope is that they will keep these journals, and someday, when they hopefully travel to Europe, they will already know which are must-see locations for them.
I’m really excited about this year’s summer school, and quite honestly, I don’t know why it took me so long to come up with the idea, because I’ve been a fan of Rick Steves for quite some time!