Travel Seminars

Rick Steves’ Europe Through the Back Door hosts free travel classes most Saturdays at the Edmonds Theater, 415 Main St., Edmonds, or at Rick Steves’ Travel Center, 130 Fourth Ave. N., Edmonds.

Packing Light and Right with Joan Robinson, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Aug. 29, Edmonds Theater

Beginning Turkish for Travelers with Sureyya Gokeri, noon to 1:30 p.m. Aug. 29, Edmonds Theater

Venice with Reid Coen, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 3, Rick Steves’ Travel Center

Beginning French for Travelers with Michelle Martin, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 5, Rick Steves’ Travel Center

Packing Light and Right with Russ Whealy, noon to 1:30 p.m. Sept. 5, Rick Steves’ Travel Center

Women Traveling Solo with Beth Whitman, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 10, Rick Steves’ Travel Center

Greece with Reid Coen, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 12, Edmonds Theater

Creative Photo Fun with Barb Bumgardner, noon to 1:30 p.m. Sept. 12, Rick Steves’ Travel Center

Travel Drawing with Andy Goulding, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 17, Rick Steves’ Travel Center

Germany, Austria, Switzerland with Pat O’Connor, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 19, Edmonds Theater

Reservations are recommended. Call 425-771-8303 ext. 298 or go to www.ricksteves.com/seattle.

The Savvy Traveler offers free travel seminars most Saturdays at 112 Fifth Ave. S., Edmonds.

Call 425-744-6076, 877-225-1994, or go to www.savvytraveleredmonds.com.

Italy: Travel Tips and Tricks, 1 p.m. Sept. 5

Discover Bhutan, a Himalayan Kingdom, 10 a.m. Sept.12

Discover India, 1 p.m Sept. 12

Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua, 10 a.m. Sept. 19

Christmas in Europe, 1 p.m. Sept.19

Patagonia and Beyond: Chile and Argentina, 10 a.m. Sept. 26

Volunteer Tourism, 1 p.m. Sept. 26

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