Travel Seminars

  • Friday, October 22, 2010 6:40pm
  • Life

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.

• Beginning French for Travelers with Michelle Martin: noon to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 23, Rick Steves’ Travel Center.

• Berlin, Prague and Vienna with Margaret Hemmen: 6 to 7 p.m. Oct. 28, Rick Steves’ Travel Center.

• European Travel Festival with Rick Steves and more: 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 30, Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds Theater.

• Italy Q &A With Lisa Friend: 6 to 7 p.m. Nov. 4, Rick Steves’ Travel Center.

• Turkey With Mary Ann Cameron: 10 to 11:30 a.m. Nov. 6, Edmonds Theater.

• Beginning Turkish for Travelers with Sureyya Gokeri: noon to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 6, Rick Steves’ Travel Center.

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

• Land of the Maya: Belize and Guatemala: 10 a.m. Oct. 23.

• Europe: 2011: 1 p.m. Oct. 23.

• Jordan, Egypt and Israel: 10 a.m. Nov. 6.

• Africa Rarely Seen, Botswana the Life Preserver: 1 p.m. Nov. 6.

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

Molly Hashimoto will teach a watercolor travel journal workshop at 10 a.m. Nov. 6 at the Marysville Library, 6120 Grove St. Participants will learn how to use watercolor to capture travel memories. Pencil, pens, watersoluble drawing tools, and portable watercolor paints and brushes will be provided.

Bring travel photos if you like, Preregistration is required as space is limited. Register online at www.sno-isle.org or call the Marysville Library 360-658-5000.

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