Travel seminars

  • Saturday, October 15, 2011 12:01am
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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. Reservations are recommended. Call 425-771-8303, ext. 298, or go to www.ricksteves.com.

• Berlin, Prague, Vienna with Margaret Hemmen: 10 to 11:30 a.m. Oct. 15, Edmonds Theater.

•Croatia & Slovenia with Renee Van Drent: 6 to 7 p.m. Oct. 20, Rick Steves’ Travel Center.

•Italy with Julie Coen: 10 to 11:30 a.m. Oct. 22, Edmonds Theater.

•Spain’s Via de la Plata (The Lesser Walked Pilgrimage Route of the Camino de Santiago) with Marcia Shaver: 6 to 7 p.m. Oct. 27, Rick Steves’ Travel Center.

•European Travel Skills with Lisa Friend: 10 to 11:30 p.m. Oct. 29, Edmonds Theater.

•Heart of Holland & Belgium with Reid Coen: noon to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 29, Rick Steves’ Travel Center.

The Savvy Traveler offers travel seminars Saturdays at 112 Fifth Ave. S., Edmonds. Call 425-744-6076, 877-225-1994, or go to www.savvytraveleredmonds.com.

• Egypt-Along Ancient Pathways: 10 a.m. Oct. 15.

• Legendary Treasures of Jordan: 1 p.m. Oct. 15.

• Ecuador & Galapagos Islands: 10 a.m. Oct. 22.

• Australia: 1 p.m. Oct. 22.

• Destination Divas–Travel Club Meeting: 6 p.m., Oct. 27

• Peru-Travel with a Purpose: 10 a.m. Oct. 29.

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