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Welcome to the Travel Show. Anotherblockbuster award winning show of the Travel Show.
And I'm Larry Gelwicks, the GetawayGuru, joined by the Argentinian Gaucho
himself fresh off his horse on thepampas signor Carlos vieda, I was in
Ida or not in the pampas well, they got pumpas. Now, for

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the uninitiated, that's the gauchos ofthe Cowboys, of which Carlos was.
That's out on the on the fruitedplane, on the ranch on the out
there. Hey, we welcome youhere to the Travel Show. We're so
glad that you're spending this weekend withus, and may we give our very
sincere thanks to you for spending yourtime with us. Without you, we

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don't have a show. In fact, we don't even have a job.
The Travel Show is sponsored by MorrisColumbus Travel You Always Travel More and pay
Less and Norwegian Cruise Line, thehome of freestyle cruising. Carlos bien venetos
ce c see Happy Memorial Day's comingup on Monday. Of course, it's

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very interesting the history of Memorial Day. Now, when you were a young
boy in eighteen sixty eight, itwas the very first Memorial Day. Oh,
you were an older man in eighties. But this For many Americans,
Memorial Day marks a fun filled longweekend and the unofficial start of summer.

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Now, I think about that,we're having a cold spell here in Salt
Lake City. I am wearing mywinter jacket that I wear in January.
The car heater was on driving downto the radio station. This is summer,
I don't think so. Anyway,Memorial Day was created for a much
more solemn purpose, commemorating the USmilitary personnel who died serving our country.

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Now, Memorial Day actually dates backto the Civil War. The holiday was
originally created around the practice of decoratingthe graves of fallen soldiers. Now,
in light of this meaningful history,it's important to remember the real reason for

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the holiday, rather than simply anextra day off of work in a barbecue
Monday afternoon. Now, in nineteenninety six, there was a survey taken
and children were asked what Memorial Daymeant. And here was one of the
responses. That's today the pools areopen. Well. As a result,

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the Clinton administration created the National Momentof Remembrance in an effort to remind Americans
of Memorial Day's significance. It wasJames Garfield, the Ohio congressman who would
later become the twentieth President of theUnited States. He gave a speech honoring

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fallen Civil War soldiers at Arlington NationalCemetery. Have you ever been to Arlington?
That is a moving experience. Ithink too of Normandy and the American
Cemetery there in France where on youknow, d Day, so many soldiers
fell. Yeah, and you know, even to this day there are European

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towns that celebrate the US liberation andthey talk about these soldiers. Well.
Anyway, after Garfield's speech, thousands, literally thousands of people decorated the graves
of the fallen soldiers, and soa date was selected in the spring so

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that flowers would be in bloom.Now. John Logan is considered the founder
of Memorial Day. He was aUnion general during the Civil War, born
in eighteen twenty six and died ineighteen eighty six at sixty years of age.
Later became a US congressman and ashead of a group called the Grand

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Army of the Republic, which wasa volunteer organization for Civil War veterans.
You could have, of course qualifiedfor that, should I, General,
you were such a good sport withmy abuse. General Logan called for a
national Day of Remembrance for the fallenCivil War soldiers in eighteen sixty eight,

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and this occasion became the basis forMemorial Day. Now some interesting things according
to the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Quote the flag meaning the US flag,
the flag should be flown at halfstaff or half mast from sunrise until

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noon only, then raised briskly tothe top of the staff until sunset in
honor of the nation's battle heroes.Close quote did you know that I don't
see a lot of US flags athalf massed Memorial Day. I've seen some,
but I've kind of wondered, isthat for something else? No,

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that, according to the Department ofVeterans Affairs, that's part of the celebration.
Now. It wasn't until nineteen sixtyeight, one hundred years later,
that Congress passed the Uniform Monday HolidayAct, which established Memorial Day as a
federal holiday on the last Monday ofMay, again when the flower in bloom.

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But the law was passed in nineteensixty eight but did not take effect
until nineteen seventy one. I don'tknow why a bunch of lazy congress persons
there. What a bunch of bozos. I always say, vote all the
bums out, let some new bumsin. We have nothing left. Yeah.

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Well, every Memorial Day there's areath laying ceremony at the tomb of
the unknown Soldiers. Traditionally the Presidentof the United States will attend that.
Now, Memorial Day, as Isaid, was established or created to honor
fallen soldiers of the Civil War,but since then the holiday has expanded to

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honor all US military personnel who diedwhile serving this country. But the original
name of Memorial Day was not MemorialDay. There exactly exact demente because the
tombs were decorated to honor their memory. It's very interesting you made. Did

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you see the movie Shindler's List.Yes, that is a fantastic movie.
You remember at the end the peoplewere putting rocks on Shindler's gravy. You
go to Israel and you'll see rocks, not flowers. And one of many
reasons for that is, particularly inthe Middle East heat Flowers are gone in

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a day, but rocks are not. And it's a great reminder of that.
Now, did you also know youknow there's a British holiday where they
wear poppies. Yeah, yeah,well that is part, but you don't
see it that often here in theUS. That wearing a poppy on the

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Friday before Memorial Day has been partof the observance. And this started after
World War One, which you weretoo old to serve in. So yeah,
the war, Larry Hey, Iwill say, now we talk about
US soldiers. You served in theArgentinian Navy. Yeah, and you were

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not there to protect the British landof the Falkland Islands when your country tried
to steal it from Mother England.They were old. Was ours? I
think you have British rented it fromus. You know. See, folks,
Carlos knows exactly what I'm doing.I bait him on the Falkland Islands

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and he knows what I'm doing,and he takes the bait every time.
Yes, yes, you do.Anyway, there's the Friday before Memorial Day,
which was yesterday, is known asNational Poppy Day, and since World
War One, poppy have been warnedto honor fallen soldiers, largely due to

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John McCrae's popular poem in Flanders Fields. One more thing. Congress in the
year two thousand passed the National Momentof Remembrance Act, which designates three pm
on Memorial Day Monday as a timefor prayer and reflection and a national moment

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of silence. I think that's agreat tradition. Three o'clock Monday. Perhaps
we can gather as families, havea moment of silence and offer a prayer
that we live in this great countrywith all of our problems, and these
problems are piling up so fast.It is the greatest country in the world,

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with the greatest freedoms. You knowyou served in the Argentinian Navy.
My grandfather, my paternal grandfather,fought in World War One in France.
He was infantry and subjected to horrificthings with mustard gases and all of that
which he didn't contract. They hadgas masks. But I wear his dog

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tag to this day. And myown father was a medic in World War
Two. My father was soldier inArgentina. Knowing World War Two in Italy,
in Italy just amazing. So wehonor all those who've served, whether
they've lived or died in the military. We honor you and thank you for

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your service. Can we come back. I want to remind you about new
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listening to the Travel show on talkradio one oh five nine knrs. Just
listen and you'll know Welcome back tothe Travel Show. I'm Larry Gelwicks,
the Getaway Guru, joined by CarlosFieda, Director of Latin American Sales at

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Morris Columbus Travel. Carlos. Lastnight I attended the Best of State Awards
banquet and I'll tell you Mark Laytonand his group put on the most incredible
gala evening. And I'm pleased toannounce that I asked to accept the award
for Morris Columbus Travel named as thebest Travel Company, Best of State,

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best Travel Agency in the State ofUtah for the fourth year in a row.
You know, one of the challengesin picking a travel company is,
unlike many professions, there are nomandatory or government required qualifications. Joe the

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plumber could put up a sign sayJoe's Travel, and you know he has
to make some contractual arrangements with cruiselines anyway, But there's no government requirement
to be a travel agent or atravel advisor. And so one of the
things we've talked about, there's acompany that filed for bankruptcy which is deposits

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leaving over two million dollars in customerdeposit and claiming only one hundred thousand dollars
in assets. But in the filing, and that's a Utah company. In
the filing they had gone under aboutseven or eight different names. They had
filed bankruptcy before, and they haveresurfaced under a new name, very heavily

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promoting on Instagram and social media.And I am just appalled that they leave
people who plunk down thousands of dollarsand they get n nothing for it.
You want to be careful who youdeal with, you know, during a
COVID. Many companies said, well, I'm sorry because they commingle their funds,

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they co mingle operating expenses with customerdeposits. And I could name companies.
I won't, but I could.That just told people I'm sorry.
With COVID. You know, wedon't have your money. Morris Columbus Travel
refunded over four million dollars customer.Everybody was taken care of. You know,

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we are very financially conservative with customers'money. And I'm just I am
proud to work at Morris Columbus Traveland I congratulate all of the employees,
the travel advisors, best of Statefour years in a row. Now,

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I just want to remind you thatHawaiian Airlines for those in the Salt Lake
area, Yeah, I know webroadcast all the way to the East coast,
but for those who use Salt LakeCity as their primary airport, Hawaiian
Airlines started just over a week agoNonStop service Salt Lake Honolulu, and right

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now, the flight leaves at sevenam, gets into Honolulu at ten am,
which means you have really the wholeday to enjoy the islands, rather
than sitting at some West coast citywaiting for your connecting flight. Now early
fall, that departure is going togo to eight o'clock, and in the

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winter, I understand it'll probably goto nine o'clock. It's an evening return
that get you back the next morning. But Hawaiian Airlines also flies NonStop from
Honolulu around the Pacific rim four airportsin Japan, Soul Korea, Auckland,
New Zealand, Sydney, Australia,the Cook Islands, Pongo Pongo, American

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Samoa, and Papiete Tahiti, FrenchPolynesia. What's really cool about that,
Carlos, is that going or comingyou can have a free stopover in Hawaii.
You could have it going to aPacific grim destination, coming home or
in both directions. How how manydays anytime or well whatever the length of

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the trip. You know what,Hawaiian has told me to stay one day,
two or three days, stay aweek. Basically they're very flexible with
that, and I love the HawaiianAirline service. They do serve a hot
meal from here to Hawaii rather thanwhat some airlines do, which is filet
of peanut or rack of pretzel.Good stuff. Good stuff. With that

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listen, I want to talk aboutChristmas. You know what is a Christmas
tradition that you do in Argentina.Well, the Christmas is a very important
dad. It's more on the religiousside. And we have only one person

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under the tree purpose no more thanone, it is not like it is
here. Then on the twelfth dayof Christmas, that's the fifth of January,
that is a big celebration for thekids. Everybody receives the presence,
not one or two, maybe moreon that particular day. So what do
we have to do? Leave ourshoes outside of the door and the three

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wise men will come and drop thepresents for us. That's the big tradition
that we have. It's about onehundred and fifty two days till Christmas.
Can you believe that? Last weekI talked about where we started the tradition.
It was in sixteenth century Germany ofChristmas trees. But Christmas lights is

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a different matter. The first Christmaslight decoration is attributed to the sixteenth century
theologian Martin Luther. Legend has ithe was walking home one night through the
forest. There had been a goodsnow, and so there was snow everywhere.
It was a clear night with noclouds with a bright moon and the

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stars out and they were just glistening. And so he goes home and gets
the idea. I don't get thisone of putting lighted candles, lighted candles
on a Christmas tree. Did hehave a hose or a fire extinguisher?
Maybe he wanted the bonfire with thehouse. You know. One of the

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great Christmas traditions in Europe is theChristmas Market Chris Krindle martin Germany. All
over Europe, from the British Islesto the continent of Europe. It's a
six hundred year tradition where they absolutelylose their mind over this outdoor Christmas festival.
Waities every city, big cities,small cities, hamlets, villages.

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Everybody goes crazy to come back.I want to tell you a little bit
about the krish krindl Martz of Europe. Here on the Travel Show. You're

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listening to the Travel Show. I'mLarry Gelwiz to get Away Guru joined by
the Argentinian gaucho Carlos Feda. Onthis Memorial Day weekend, and we honor
all men and women who've served inthe military, particularly those who have paid
the ultimate in our defense of freedom. As it has often been said,

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freedom is not free, and let'smake it. Let's enjoy the barbecue,
but let's remember those. And youknow, Memorial Days also turned into just
visiting the cemetery and all relatives andwhether they were in the military or not,
and it's it's a good time ofremembrance. Now, Carlos, we

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were talking about Christmas traditions, andI mentioned that the Christmas markets of Europe
is a six hundred year tradition wherethey just go crazy. Now this is
not department store stuff, This isnot a shopping mall. This is outdoor
festival. They have wooden kiosks orstalls or boosts be decked with evergreen boughs,

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and it's music. It's it's food, it's entertainment, it's singing and
dancing. And then all of thesekiosk or stalls are selling wares related to
Christmas or you could use any time. No, it's not housewares or beds
or pillows, but it's just stuff. And I got to tell you,

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oh the food. I have broughtevery stop right, you know, and
brought or brought verst in Europe,in Germany and Austria. I was in
Austria just two weeks ago and hadit brought every day except one. I
was there for eight days. Itlooks and they're different than the brots here
because when you bite it, ithas to pop, you know, and

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you want a little juice cry Ohmy gosh. And then the little spicy
brown mustard that you can put withit on a fresh baked roll. Oh
my gosh, give me one now. Anyway, Kathy and I've been to
several Christmas Market seasons, and thisin all honesty, I've been everywhere one

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hundred and thirteen countries, many ofthem over and over again. I promise
you that the Christmas Market is oneof my absolute face. It's in the
top five easily, probably the topthree of experiences I've had. You know,
the last time Kathy and I werethere few years back, and I'm

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not a shopper, I had togo buy a suitcase, you know.
And we have a Kathy and I'llbe hosting a Rhine excuse me, a
Danube River cruise in conjunction with ChrisKrindle Mark the Christmas Markets. I love
this. Itinic's December fourth to theeleventh. We'd love to have you join

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us. We actually bought half theship and we've sold most of it.
We do have some cabins available,but because we bought the cabins, the
prices are insanely good. For example, the lead cabin, which is a
Category E, and I'd have tocheck to see if any are still available.

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I don't know. That is onethousand dollars per person, less than
if you bought it directly from Almawater Race. We'll be sailing with Alma.
Now, you and Karen came withKathy and I on the Rhine.
What is it about Almah waterways andriver cruising that you and Karen love so
much? I think that we lovethe short excursion because we go into the

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city, like you know, theplaces. The most important place in Austria.
I love Vienna. Vienna is oneof my favorites. And also of
course going into German. What isthe market the best market along the coast.
Well, they're all wonderful, theyreally are, but in my view,
the absolute best Christmas market is Nuremberg, Germany, and that's where we

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start our cruise and we actually overnightthis. We have, you know,
two calendar days in Nuremberg. Listenthis itinerary December fourth to the eleventh.
We board the ship on December thefourth, overnight in Nuremberg. It's in
the old town, historic buildings,cobblestone streets, music and Christmas joy is

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in the air, and of coursethe Bronx and then we sail off onto
Regensburg. Regensburg is a smaller town. I've been there for the Christmas Market,
onto Passau and Milk. We crossedthe Austrian German border into Milk,
of course, home of the famousMilk Abbey which is mind Bogger. And
then to Vienna where we overnight inVienna. And what's you know nice about

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the shore excursions with Almah Waterways ison this Christmas market you'll see all the
sight seeing that you would normally seein any month of the year, plus
the Christmas markets, and so weovernight in Vienna and on the shore excursions.
They rate an activity level one tofive. One would be like my
aunt who came with us a fewyears ago on the Rhine. She has

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a walker and it's perfectly it wasperfectly suited for her. A five is
we'll take a bicycle tour and somethingand then everything in between, so you
can and the shore excursions are inincluded on the cruise, and then we
sail from Vienna to Budapest, wherewe overnight. It's very interesting Budapest,

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Hungary. You'd probably you know,you think at Christmas, you think of
Heidi and Grandfather coming down off themountain in Switzerland or Germany. But Hungary's
Christmas market is so insane as ininsanely good. And we overnight this.
So we overnight in Nuremberg, Viennaand in Budapest at prices. I promise

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you folks you'll never get again.Now pre cruise. Remember the cruise December
fourth to the eleventh. Carlos,I love for it. You know I've
been talking to you about you andKaren coming with us. Yeah, and
you know we're considering that because Ihope that you will. We have already
done that at not the Christmas nowI want to see the Christmas. Yeah,
And so we're going to have apre cruise three day to night option

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we call the Bavarian Explorer. We'llfly into Munich, we'll see Munich and
then take excursions. From Munich,it's a short drive down to Neuschfnstein,
which is the castle you'd reckon.Everybody recognize the Walt Disney used that castle
as the inspiration for the Cinderella Castlein Disneyland. We'll go to ober Amagau,

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where the passion Spiel or Passion Playis performed every ten years since sixteen
thirty four when you were just ayoung lad. And it is buried,
is nestled deep in the Bavarian Alps. So and then it's an hour and
a half drive from Munich up toNuremberg. Folks, I'd love to have

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you join me. In fact,if any of you listeners have ever attended
the Christmas markets of Europe, anywherein Europe, because they're all over,
I'd love to have you call.And we invite everyone to call with your
questions, comments, your suggestion,your experience, but particularly if you've been
to the Christmas markets and had agreat experience like Kathy and I have had,

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give us a call it triple eightfive seven oh eight oh one oh
that's eight eight eight five seven oheighty ten, just a great, great
experience. I want to turn ourattention from the Christmas markets of Europe to
one of my favorite continents, SouthAmerica. I call it the overlooked destination.

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It is, it is, andyou know, I get it.
Everybody wants to go to Europe first. I get that, and that's cool.
But I think one of the misconceptionsabout Latin America is that it's all
the same. It's all Mexico,and that's not a distant Mexican. I
love Mexico. I love the Mexicanpeople, especially of their food. But

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every country in South America is differentcompletely. You know this, This is
what I have heard so many times. Well, maybe if we go to
South America we will get seek theirfood. Cockroaches here. The hotels are
not the quality of hotels that areNara, noo that because we have five
star hotels for prices of a regularthree star hotel. South America is a

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fantastic food. The food is.There are restaurants, all our restaurants,
you know, we have in Peruand Lima especially there is the Gurnet capital
of South America. We have almosteverything. We go to Buenos Aires,
they stake dinners the pasta. Becausemost of us descend from Italian people,
so that's the cuisine of the mostof you Italians come to Argentina after World

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War two, along with your Germancompatriots. My father came escaping the war
in nineteen forty. Ah, thatwas, they arrived in January of nineteen
forty and I was born. Hewas lucky. Well, had he stayed,
you may have never been well.He was serving, he was serving

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in the war, and he said, this is not going well for us,
and so they escaped through France.Well, you know, one of
the one of the cultures that Ifind so fascinating is the Inca Empire.
That is perhaps you're ready, right, Larry, that is what what what

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a history? The Spanish dominated allof South America Practica, they conquered and
they ruled South America for years.There are two legends, stories, histories.
I'd like you to come, andone is Attewalpa, who was the
last Inca, and then also Vitikoche. Let's go to Atta Walpa. He

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had an army of eighty thousand soldiers, correct, and you know, and
the Spanish had only one hundred andsixty seven or something like that. But
guess what happened when Pisaro came withwith his army on foot soldiers sixty seven
cawry against eighty thousand. Yes,let me tell you, they were very

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old when they saw Pisaro with hisarmy, you know, with his armor,
armor and with the plumes on theiron their helmet, that he thought
that he was Viracocha coming back,as the legend of Viracocha said to them,
you know, they will come back, This white god would return,

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and they they mistook that. Oneof the problems was the chain of command
in the Incan army. See atthe Walpa was taken as a prisoner,
and in the Inca military, onlythe Inca at the Walpa could order them
to war. They did have achain of command of colonels or captains who

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could order a battalion or an army. You think eighty thousand people going against
one hundred and seventy seven one tenfoot soldier sixty seven calories. But they
were frozen Alti Walpas a prisoner andthey're frozen, and then they see these
modern weapons that terrified them. Yeah, that's the noise and the you know,

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that was perhaps the thing that reallysubmitted the Incas. Funny as it
is, you know, these Incapeople Attawalpa was coming from Ecualora and stopped
in Guahamarca, what do they iscalled Cahamarca. They they you know,
and then continue on to Cousco tokill his half brother. That was the

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reason why he was traveling. Henever completed that because he was staled by
piece. That's right. Hey,when we come back, we've got some
callers on the line, will takeyour calls. I want to continue our
discussion of South America and two excitingtours that Carlos will be taking. In
one of them, I get tojoin him right here on the Travel Show.

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You're listening to the Travel Show ontalk radio one oh five nine knrs.
Just listen and you'll know you're listeningto the Travel Show. I'm Larry
Gelwicks. They get Away Guru,joined by the Argentinian gaucho fresh off of

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barbecue on the Pompus Carlos Feeda.Carlos, of course, is our director
of Latin American Sales at Morris ColumbusTravel. Morris Columbus Travel, as I
announced just one for the fourth yearin a row. The Best of State
Award is the number one travel agencyof expertise and good value in the great

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state of Utah. You can geta hold of Morris Columbus travel at the
website Morriscolumbus dot com. That's Morriscolumbusdot com. Or call your favorite travel
advisor on the direct line if youhave it, or eight hundred triple nine
forty six forty six. That's eighthundred triple nine forty six forty six,

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Carlos. Let's go to the phonelines, and Brian is calling in from
South Carolina. Brian, welcome tothe Travel Show. Thank you, Thank
you, Larry. This is thegetaway Guru. This is a big deal
for me. Well, thank youvery much. Hey, are you being
hit by tornadoes or anything back inSouth Carolina? Thankfully not where we live.

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It just kind of wraps around usa little bit. Oh my goodness.
Well, thank you for calling in. How can we help you,
Brian? Well, I was wantingto know more about the Great Migration Safari
trips. I've heard you guys goon. You know an overused phrase that
I hear often from people who goneon. It is a life changer.

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My own wife, Cathy said,and she's been a couple of times.
She'll be going with me this summeragain, says it's a life changer.
Now, there are wonderful safaris allover Africa, you know, and I've
been all over Africa, but thereis nothing, I mean nothing, Brian

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that rivals the Great Migration, whichonly takes place in the months of July,
August and September, and only inKenya and Tanzania. And for a
lot of reasons, Kenya is thefar better choice. You have fifty game
parks in Kenya. Not one ofthem has a fence around it, not

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one The animals can roam. I'veactually been sitting there looking at a pride
of lions and seeing a village severalmiles off in the distance, but the
animals don't move because whether it's aherbivore or a carnivore, there's so much
much food and an abundance of it. Now, what you get into Great
Migration is an annual migration only inJuly, August and September, with some

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two million wildebeests. You have ahalf a million to a million zebras.
It's like the whole continent. They'removing for water and also the birthing process
has taken place. But they're movingfor water and mating, and as a
consequence, they're all huddled together.I remember once we were in a herd

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of Wildeby's and our guy Jim Gee, who is with us on all of
our tours, said, I said, well how many here said oh,
this is small and I said howmany? He said about forty thousand.
That was a small hurd. Andyou see these prides of lions. I
remember Kathy and I one day saidwell, let's see how many lions we

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see today. It was twenty eightthat we counted, and that was typically,
you know, some days more,some days less herds of elephant.
Now, of the fifty game parks, there are four primary ones, and
we visit three of them because they'reon the western end of the country.

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Old Pajeta, Samburu and the Serengetior the Mara. The masam Masai are
a tribe. The maa Uh meansspotted plane in their language, the mas
language. And as we fly intothe Serengeti or the mar and you look
over it, it is spotted withclumps of trees and vegetation here and clumps

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here and there. Hence the Marra. We stay at some of the best
hotels. Now. I think there'sa couple of spaces left for this year,
but you, but you can focuson twenty twenty five. I escort
or host one of them every yeartwenty twenty five. It will be in

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early August that the ones that I'llbe taking. You can check it out
on the website. Go to Morriscolumbusdot com Morriscolumbus dot com and on the
homepage you'll see like a toolbar acrossthe top. Second from the left is
find Travel and there you'll see MorrisMurdoch escorted tours. You click on that

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and then pick If it's a cruise, you click Cruises. Otherwise you pick
Europe, Africa, Asia the geographicdestination. I will tell you there is
nothing like it in the world.Uh, it's it's just it's mind boggling.
I can't wait because it's been adream of mine since I was a

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kid. I've always wanted to go. So thank you so much. You're
very welcome. One last comment,Brian is there is one downside, big
time to going with us on theGreat Migration, and it's a huge deficiency
because your local zoo will never bethe same. I took my grandkids to

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the I took my grandkids to theHogel Zoo here in Salt Lake City this
week and I'm thinking this is nothing. You know, It's like, get
up, you two lazy lions anddo something where we see prides of lions.
Hey, thank you so much foryour call. Happy Memorial Day.
That's Brian in South Carolina. Well, when we come back for our number

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two, I want to talk somemore in South America, Carlos, because
you have two exciting tours. Anddo you know which car rental company has
a mandatory gasoline refueling charge when yourent an electric vehicle like at Tesla they
charge you for the gasoline on electricvehicles. I'll tell you who it is

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when we come back. You're listeningto our number two of the Travel Show.
I'm Larry Gelwicks, the getaway Guru, and Carlos feeda director of Latin

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American sales at Morris Columbus Travel.Check out the website Morriscolumbus dot com Morriscolumbus
dot com and then click on findtravel right across the top and you'll get
all sorts from cruises, land,tours, ever find a travel advisor.
You know, Carlos. A questionthat you and I are often asked is

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what is an International driver's license ordrivers permit is the actual name. It's
a valid form of identification in onehundred and fifty countries worldwide. Now,
I say valid form of id notto fly, but to rent a car.
It contains your name, photo,and driver information. It also translates

(40:07):
your ID information into ten languages.So the question often is asked, is
do I really need an international driver'spermit? Well, that depends on where
you're going to rent a car overseas. There are some countries that do not
recognize a driver's license, such asyours or mind from the US, but

(40:30):
officially recognize the IDP International driver permit, such as Hungary. You can't rent
a car with your US driver's license. You need that and the International drivers
permit. There are other countries thathonor a US driver's license but require a

(40:51):
local translation of your US driver's license, which is not on our driver's license,
but is on the International drivers permit, so it'll satisfy these types of
situations. Now, keep in mind, however, that while a certain countries
government may not require and international driverspermit, some car rental countries car rental

(41:17):
companies located in that country, includingHurts, which By the way, I
don't recommend may require an Internet.Well, you know why I don't recommend
them. HURTS is charging people whorent an Evy electric vehicle like a Tesla.
They have a mandatory gasoline refueling charge. You can't put gasoline in them,

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and it's usually between two hundred andfifty to three hundred dollars, and
people are fighting it. Hurts sayingthere's nothing we can do. It says
it in the contract or so thereports that I've seen. So I'm not
a big fan of HURTS. I'mnot telling you not to rent from I'm
just saying I'm not a big fanof them. Anyway. Some rental countries,

(42:05):
including Hurts, may require international driverspermit to rent a car. Now.
You can get this from Triple A. You can do it online or
in person. You must have twooriginal passport photos. You can also get
that at the Triple A office anda valid US driver's license and twenty bucks.

(42:28):
You can also do it by mail. Excuse me, it's not online
that it actually you can You canyou fill out the form online and bring
it to the Triple A Travel officeor you can apply by mail. I
think it's something good to have there. Now, I'll tell you one place
you do not want to rent acar Mexico. Mexico. Yeah, well,

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I'll tell you it's it's I dolove Mexico and there's some great values
to Mexico. The reason I wouldn'trent a car there is the federalis the
Federal police. It's it's just ashakedown. They'll pull over any tourista,
any tourist often and just shake youdown for twenty bucks, you know,

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or they'll keep your driver's license.They ask for your passport. You don't
pay them, you don't get yourpassport back, get a car and driver
hang out at one of the resorts. I love Mexico. Now, a
friend of mine, who is inthe farm chemical business, goes to Mexico
all the time. He's actually fromBrazil, and he has a Brazilian passport,

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a Brazilian driver's license, a USpassport, a US driver's license.
He speaks fluent native fluent Spanish,and of course Portuguese, which is very
similar to Spanish, you know,and of course English. He also speaks
Japanese, but that's another story.And so get He told me he gets
pulled over all the time because helooks like a tourist. He's in a

(44:00):
rental car, and he only speaksPortuguese to them. Now he can understand
what the police, the federalists,you know, and the local police.
It's the local police are the worst, you know. He can understand what
they're saying, but he only speaksPortuguese, and Portuguese and Spanish are similar

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enough that you can you can,you can, you can make it out.
You can make it out. Andhe only gives them his Brazilian passport
and Brazilian driver's license, and theyalways just let him go with no shakedown.
No, oh okay, it's almostlike you're one of us, you
know, and it is, uh, it is, you know. And

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he has his father is from Brazil, his mother's from Cuba, so he
looks Hispanic, you know, anduh, it is absolutely hysterical to have
him tell the shakedown stories. Butthey let him go because, you know,
no abla Espanol. He speaks perfectSpanish. That's why he's doing business

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down there, selling that these bigfarm congloborates. Let me tell you about
the great value of Mexico right now. I think it cruising and all inclusive
at Mexico are your best values.So I'm looking at something early September.
Let the summer crowds go in Mexicoat solid four star first class hotels.

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Always check the price of upgrading toa five star. But here is one
at the Blue Bay grand Esmeralda inbeautiful Cancun, all inclusive. I looked
at days, six days, fivenights, September fifth to the tenth.
All right, that six calendar days, five nights. That's round trip air.

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I'm using Salt Lake City again.We broadcast to the East coast.
I can't give fifty cities, soyou'll find similar good rates from your home.
Stitty, but all you Salt LakeCity round trip air, your resort,
all your meals, all your drinks, round trip transfers, airport to
the resort, the nightly entertainment,all your taxes, all your fees,

(46:15):
even your tips and gratuities rolled intoone price. So here we are at
a first class all inclusive eight hundredand eighty three dollars per person. I
mean, Carlos, that is crazy. I've got one in Porto Ayarta at
the Crystal Porto Villarta. Crystal witha K is a wonderful hotel on this

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a four star first class hotel,same dates nine to eighty six per person.
Now, frankly, if you wanta Mexico beach, even though it's
about one hundred bucks more to goto Porto Varta, the Caribbean does have
the seaweed issue, yes, thesargassum seaweeds, starting in the summer months

(47:00):
and going till octoberish, typically sometimesearlier, sometimes later, where beaches can
get piled up with I mean piledup a foot deeper more now that the
nice hotels clean it all up,but you still got it in the water.
Now, if you're a pool person, I wouldn't worry about it.
If you spend a lot of timein the ocean itself, no, I

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probably think someplace other than Cancun orthe dr or something like that. I
love it. It's that iconic,the architecture, the Church of Our Lady
of Guadaloupe. Oh, the moneycard. It's a one mile pedestrian only

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of shops. Canteen is music,street performers, all pedestrian right along the
beach front boardwalk. It is absolutelyspectacular and I love to go over to
over to Zono Romantic. You knowthe not Margharita Ville, my restaurant,

(48:04):
Margarita Grill. Now, may Iask you how many streams have you eaten
in that place? Because I knowit's a hundred. Thank you along with
the roa Hey, listen, listen. We I keep teasing that we're going

(48:25):
to talk about a couple of SouthAmerica tours. I'm going to tell you
Carlos is a walking google on allthings Latin America, and we're going to
do that the next segment. However, tell me from Argentina and Peru.

(48:47):
A favorite food Argentina this steaks,of course. In Peru a roasscalo,
I mean and check that's one ofmy favorite. I rose with seafood.
That's very good. You know,South America. I want you to talk

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about you know, we've talked aboutthe Incas. Let's talk about a tour
that you and I will be takingwhen we come back that includes Kusco,
the Sacred Valley, the Masupichu,Chile, and then out to Rapanui Eastern
Island, which is actually closer toTahiti than it is to Chile. It's

(49:30):
part of the Chilean country now,but they speak their own Polynesian language there
Yeah, Rapa Nui and the famousmawais, those elongated statue heads, all
that and more when we come backon the Travel Show. You're listening to

(49:55):
the Travel Show on Talk radio oneoh five nine n RS. Just listen
and you'll know. No. I'mLarry Gelwickz. They get Away Goo joined
by Carlos Fina, the Argentinian Gaucho, the Pompous Express, all things Argentina.

(50:21):
But actually you're of Italian ancestry.You told us earlier with that we'd
like to go to Italy right now. We welcome to the show. Joy
Sanders, a travel advisor in theBorno Bonorno and soon bon Sera afternoon.

(50:44):
Doesn't get it. Joyce Sanders,a Morris Columbus Travel advisor in the Bountiful
office of Morris Columbus Travel, wholived in Italy, and Joy, welcome
to the Travel Show. Nice tobe with you Hill. So to Carlos,
it is you know Italy right nowis one of the most popular international

(51:06):
destinations on every survey. And asI talked to all the advisors at Morris
Columbus Travel, they're saying they getcalls on cruises Europe, especially Italy.
What what is the lasting appeal ofItaly. Well, Italy is one of
those iconic places that you've seen inthe movies and in the you know,

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you hear about it all the time, so everybody wants to see what they've
seen. You know. It's justit's a beautiful place for culture, history,
food, food, you know,it's just an romantic destination. It
really is, you know. AndItaly, like most countries, is very
different. You know. Germany upnear Hamburg is very different than down south

(51:51):
in Munich and the very and soit is here in the United States,
the Deep South, New England andout here in the West. And it
is that way in Italy, fromSicily up to Tuscany. You lived up
north, didn't you. In Tuscany, I did. Yeah, well,
I actually live further north than that. I actually didn't live in the most

(52:14):
beautiful part. But every part ofItaly and beautiful, and the landscape is
so diverse. You can go.I mean there's sea, there's hills,
there's vineyards, there's mountains, theItalian Alps, the Dolomites, the lakes
up in Como, Oh, LakeComo, Lake Como, don't even get
that started. You can go skiing, the Olympics were in Italy, or

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you could be laying on the beachanywhere there Now for visitors, not yourself
who was a resident of Italy,but for most American visitors, let's say
it's their first time. What arewhere do they want to go? What
do you recommend as you guide them? Joy on an Italian vacation. Well,

(53:01):
everybody wants to see the main youknow, the main cities, because
those are what they've always seen inthe movies. But my I encourage people
to get out a little bit intothose hidden areas. But Rome, Florence,
and Venice are of course the mosticonic and most well known cities,
but there are so many other littletowns that you can visit that are hidden

(53:24):
away and away from the crowds.You cannot go wrong anywhere in Italy if
you just wander away from the crowdsa little bit. You know a couple
of places that I really Oh youmeant Chink with Terra that is so much
fun. I like the Sienna we'retalking about away from Venice, Florence and

(53:45):
Rome, which are just you haveto see them. But there's a little
village that you and I have talkedabout. Joy you think you've gone back
into the fourteenth century. The namethe village is san Ji Mino, Yes

(54:05):
and yes, and it has apedestrian oh, the towers. Yeah.
But I don't think the train goesthere. I think you have to drive
there, and it has the centerof town is all pedestrian. There's no
cars involved there. So what isthe best time to visit Italy? Because
they can get pretty warm in thesummer, so I would say May,

(54:30):
maybe early June, even late Aprilis a good time, and then again
in the fall September, October,actually later September and October would be a
good time. I would go anytime year round myself, but I think
that you do. Yeah, Ithink the best in my view, I'm

(54:51):
sorry, go ahead for weather.Those are the best times with the least
amount of crowd. I think personally, I think the best time to vision
Italy is anytime starting January first throughDecember thirty first. I think that's the
best time to go. Hey,listen, we're speaking with Joy Sanders,
a international travel advisor with Morris ColumbusTravel in the Bountiful Office, and I'd

(55:15):
like you to give out your phonenumber if that's all right for people who
may want to go to Italy orother destinations. I know it's eight oh
one four eight three and three fivetwo one five, five two one five.
You see, all of the Morrisfolks are eight oh one five to
one five excuse me aight oh onefour eight three, and then their extension

(55:39):
Joy would of course be four eightthree fifty two fifteen. Joy, we've
got about two minutes left. Timeflies when you're having fun. Could you
outline very quickly if someone said,Joy, we've got about ten days in
country, not including the travel time. What would you do first time to

(56:00):
Italy? What would you do well? The first time? I usually have
people spend about three days in Rome, because you need at least a minimum
of three days to see the mainsites. I mean, you could spend
a week there, but or more, and then usually take the train up
to Florence and spend about two towell, probably two days in Florence,

(56:24):
and then take another couple days outto Tuscany. You know, just spend
a few nights in San Jimiano orSiena or Luca, one of those little
beautiful towns in the vineyards, andthen I would take a train up to.
You can also drive in Tuscany especially. You really probably should rent a
car very easy to Tuscany. Iwouldn't drive a car in Rome, right

(56:49):
and Joy, we got about thirtyseconds left's finish and then yes and then
the final city again, it wouldbe probably Venice. A few nights there
because of no no, it's justit's a unique place, right. What
are they doing in Venice as faras a reservation for day trippers? Now,

(57:09):
well, it's been so busy init. You know, they are
really worried about destroying the city becauseof so many visitors. So they are
actually for during the very peak season, during the daytime. They are requiring
that you pay a fee. Yougo online and pay a day trip fee

(57:30):
to be there between eight thirty andfour o'clock. But got say got Say
Joy. You can get a holdof Joy at eight oh one four eight
three fifty two fifteen Joy. Thankyou more here on the Travel Show.

(57:57):
Welcome back to the Travel Show.I'm Larry Gelwicks get Away Guru, joined
by Carlos Fino, Me and Migoand CCC. Carlos is director of Latin
American Sales for Morris Columbus Travel Doyou remember a few weeks ago. Excuse
me, it was actually in lateApril. I invited my daughter in law,

(58:20):
Samantha Gelwich, who we call Sam, who has just started an online
business with all things sewing and thatsort of stuff. Stuff I don't understand,
but she has a sale going,and yeah, I'm promoting my daughter
in law and it's her website isso Sam dot store. Now so sew

(58:45):
Sam Sam dot store, not Gov, not Colm, not org. Would
you listeners, you ladies out there, please do me a personal favor and
just take a look at her websitesoh Sam dot store or Instagram. It's
dot so sew dot sam so onthe web, a website so Sam dot

(59:10):
store. Remember so is sew Instagramit's dot so dot stam. Sam is
offering a twenty percent discount this MemorialDay weekend only on all of her merchandise,
and it's it is like a wholestore there. Some I don't understand

(59:30):
any of it, but ladies,I remember we had Wendy Frakki, our
group department manager, on and sheunderstood all of I said, well,
what's a notion? She explained,I don't know what these things are,
but I know that Sam. Ilove Sam and she she's got a great
thing going. She's just starting out. If nothing else, just take a

(59:52):
look at it so that her websitetraffic increases with that. If you want
twenty percent off, it's a prettygood sosam dot store. Carlos, Yes,
sir, I am here, youare here. I want to mention
two quick cruises before we go toSouth America that I'll be hosting just in

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passing the South Pacific, Australia andNew Zealand. Kathy and I'll be hosting
a February Sydney to Auckland and wevisit Sydney and Melbourne and Tasmania, Australia.
Across the Tasman Sea that's named afterAbel Tasman, a Dutch explorer,

(01:00:38):
the first European down there to theFjordland National Park on the south line,
Carlos. This is Lord of theRings Country, Dunedin, christ Church,
up to the North Island, theBay of Islands, which is scenic Taranga,
and I've been to all these places. Tarania, I think it's Santa

(01:00:58):
Monica, Santa Cruz that type.And then into Auckland, we will be
offering a pre cruise four day,three night Sydney and the whole area.
If you just come and get onthe ship, that's fine, but you
don't see Sydney, and Sydney's oneof the classic iconic cities, and we
get outside the city up into theBlue Mountains. We also offer an option

(01:01:21):
on the end of the cruise apost cruise three day, two night where
we're in Auckland. We'll get downto Hamilton Temple View and then over to
Hobbiton where they film The Hobbit Moving. You'll see all the houses and the
movie set, and of course we'lldo all the sight seeing in Auckland.
All those details at morriscolumbus dot com. Click on fine Travel, then get

(01:01:47):
our group tours and click on cruises. One other one, very very quickly,
is in June. By the way, the dates on the South Pacific
Cruise. Actual cruise dates February fifteento the twenty eight. I want to
mention one of my favorite tours becauseI've done it. It's we're sailing from

(01:02:09):
Iceland to London. The cruise datesnext year June twelve to twenty two,
will offer a post cruise London,but we fly into rekivoc Iceland. We
see Iceland one of the most excitingcountries in the world. Make three stops
in Iceland. Then over in Norway, the Norwegian Fjord area, Bergen and

(01:02:31):
Ulissen, we stop their beautiful cities. On to Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
On to Bruges, Belgium, whichrivals rivals Paris and Prague as the most
beautiful city in all of Europe.And the museums. Oh I mean,
and it's not a city with tallskyscrapers, it's more of a village.

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And then across the English Channel tothe south of England, Southampton, and
you can either come home or comewith me and spend a few days.
Now I'll be personally hosting both theSouth Pacific Australia New Zealand February fifteen to
the twenty eight and the Iceland toLondon June twelve to twenty two. All

(01:03:19):
the details at Morriscolumbus dot com.Click on fine Travel and then click on
Morris Murdoch Escorted Tours, click oncruises. Love to have you with me
and there's not a lot of spaceleft. Those are selling so very very
well. These are parts of theworld, folks you've always wanted to see,

(01:03:40):
will come with me. We'll doour own shore excursions. Have a
lot of time now. We havetalked several weeks ago, Carlos about a
tour that you and I will betaking before just a minute, lary before
before we jump into the door.I have heard that you would receive a
huge award and I want to knowwhat it is because it is about my

(01:04:04):
favorite sport. Oh my goodness,tell me well. Two weeks ago it
was publicly announced that I'll be inductedinto the US Rugby Hall of Fame.
I coached the Highland rugby team forthirty six years. It was memorialized in

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the movie Forever Strong, Yes Openthe theaters. Coast to Coast had a
big international run. I had myown playing career three years at BYU and
then on a men's competition team,the Provo Rugby Club. I learned to
run very fast when I was playingrugby because I had these tongans and samoans

(01:04:51):
chasing me and they would kill meif they ever caught me. I had
a nickname on the Bau rugby teamthat was given to me. It was
Ferret. A Ferret is an animaland it runs it just it doesn't run
in a sprint like a cheetah.It's back dot dogs, dot dot dot

(01:05:12):
and that. They say, that'sthe way I ran, just dodging and
juke and people right and left.I didn't. I was an okay run.
I didn't have the hundred yard speedto outrun everybody on the field,
but I would juke him and putthem on the field down as I ran.
So that was my nickname Ferret.Now tell me when when are you

(01:05:34):
going to receive that? Well,is it inducted? I'll tell you this.
I'll tell you this. I didyou say indicted to be indicted or
well, I may be indicted forother things. There's a long list,
but I am inducted. Oh,inducted. I actually got a call from

(01:05:55):
the US Rugby the last week ofMarch and our family was down south in
San Diego. We take an annualvacation to Oceanside with all the grandkids and
everybody, and they called me,and I mean I was stunned knowing the
caliber of men and women that arein the Hall of Fame. You know,
rugby worldwide soccer is the most popularsport in the world. I think

(01:06:20):
soccer is a fine sport, kindof a waste of good grass, because
you could have a football game ora rugby game on them and it's fine.
Just joking folks out there. Butdepending on the survey, rugby is
the second most popular sport in theworld basketball three or basketball two and rugby

(01:06:43):
three, depending on the survey.I was overwhelmed. I mean, this
is as big as it get.It's international news, and I mean when
they hung up, I literally myeyes were filled with tears in a couple
coming down my cheeks, and mykids look at me and they said,

(01:07:04):
with tears in my eyes, almostchoking, They said, who died?
And I said, I think Idid in that punk call well that but
they said, you can only tellyou your immediate family, So yes,
you did. It was announced acouple of weeks ago. So on July

(01:07:25):
twelfth in Washington, d C.There's an international match Scotland versus the USA,
I and the other recipients, theother indities, the other inductees will
be introduced at halftime, you know, to a sold out stadium. And
then the following day, February thirteenth, there is a gala awards dinner be

(01:07:48):
covered by the media and press,and we will be inducted. They have
videos of our careers will be inthe Hall of Fame, our picture and
accomplishments permanently displayed there. And I'mtelling you, you know, thirty six
years coaching over three thousand young menthrough the program, and you know what

(01:08:15):
this award is. I consider ita shared award. I am honored to
be named in the Hall of Fame, and it's something that my kids and
grandkids and grandkids and my great grandchildrenwhen we have them. We have grandkids
can look at their grandpa and said, this is one of the things he

(01:08:38):
did with his life. But it'sa shared award. First and foremost of
my wife, Kathy. She isthe great facilitator. I absolutely could never
have done it without her love andsupport, and my children also, and
then all the players, the coaches, the families, the school, the
principles, the counselors, the teachers, the community support. Everyone shares in

(01:09:02):
this on theis still calling you,which are not kids anymore of course?
Oh here, Yeah. I've triedto stay in touch with as many players
as I could. I retired intwenty eleven when we got a call from
President, iring to leave home forthree years and serve as mission leaders in
the California Fresno Mission. I hadjust about every rugby club in Fresno and

(01:09:27):
in California college and men's club highschool asked me to coach their team.
And I used to say, well, I can't do that, but I
will come to your practice and I'llgive you my note. So listen,
we're just about out of time,and we have a guest on the line
for the next one. Very quicklyoutline the tour that you and I'll take

(01:09:53):
in March, and then I promiseyou, folks, we'll make a big
deal next Saturday. On this signedhere, please, I will sign Okay.
So the big thing is this truethat is called the Wonders of South
America, and it goes to Peru, Cousco, Ma. You pitch your
sacred valley Lima. We fly directlyfrom Cusco to Santiago, Chile. We

(01:10:17):
visit Santiago Chili, and then wego to Easter Island to Rapanui. This
is going to be an amazing trip, Larry, because there is nothing in
the market that you will see aboutRapa Nui. Rapanui, the island of
Israel and is the main attraction onthe shores of Chile. When we come
back on the Travel show, I'mgonna share with you some ideas of how

(01:10:42):
to keep your kids entertained when travel. You're listening to the Travel show on
Talk Radio one oh five nine kNr S. Just listen and you'll know
Welcome back to the travel show.Bien Benito's a travel show. I'm Larry

(01:11:04):
Gelwicks, the getaway Guru, joinedby Carlos Feda are Argentinian gaucho that we
imported straight from the pampas of Patagonia, Mexico. Well, that's where you
grew up, Taco Kart, yourfamily ran in Guadalajara. You eight time
I did I did oh? Bythe way, you're empanadus. Carlos makes

(01:11:26):
empanadus and brings them to the officeas wife. Well, karens s muy
delicioso. Hey, I just wantto remind our listeners. I'm the Waterways
that we've talked about a Ultra Deluxe, our favorite European river cruise Company's got
a great arrangement, a special dealwith Morris Columbus Travel with a complementary land

(01:11:48):
package offer on Select twenty twenty fourand twenty twenty five Europe Sailings. Now
select means select, not everyone.Typically, a pre post package, which
can be three or four days,will cost you fifteen hundred twenty two hundred

(01:12:08):
dollars and Alma Waterways and Morris ColumbusTravel have teamed up together on the special
offer on Select cruises this year andnext a free land package and they designate
what package it may be. Now, what you have to do is you
have to book this with Columbus Travelbefore the end of June, and it's

(01:12:30):
all subject to change and availability.You know. One of the great joys
of travel that Kathy and I havehad is traveling with our children, and
we have been all over the world, and one of the challenges, particularly
with the younger ones, is howto keep them occupied. And I'd like

(01:12:51):
to welcome to the show a friendof mine, Mike Grillius, former travel
executives. He says he's semi retired. I believe it. Grandfather of seventeen
Mike You Got Me beat by fiveand owner of Happy Valley Publishers. Now,
I've known Mike for a long time, but I got a hold of

(01:13:12):
his book here what's here here?H E A R what's here? H
E R E and my grandkids loveit, Mike. Welcome to the Travel
Show. Thank you so much,Larry, and congratulations on the Hall of
Fame. Well, thank you veryvery much. You know, books are
great to take on trips with kids. Uh, you don't want to have

(01:13:35):
a lot of games with pieces becausethey're all over the airplane, in the
car. Whatever. You have athe elephant glue and a new one.
Whatever floats your goat, now,tell us about your new publications and how
it can be great for families.Well, whatever floats your goat is a

(01:13:56):
book of dad jokes and granddad jokes, Larry, so it's good for you
too. All right, lay onme, Mike, lay one on me.
And Carlos is a grandfather cu yes, well, and because Carlos is
here, you know Carlos. Lasttime I was in Mexico, I wanted
to try archery, but I didn'thob an arrow. Good luck? All

(01:14:18):
right, one more, one more? What's what do the Eiffel Tower and
a tick have in common? Ihave no idea they're both parissites. Oh
my gosh, I gotta get ahold of this. Just one joke,

(01:14:38):
tell us about Elephant and Glue,because I haven't seen that book. I
have Here's What's Here, but tellus about Elephant Glue. Elephant Glue is
a nonsensical rhyming book that has alittle twist at the end. My wife
says that she likes that one becauseit has a storyline. I said,
no, it has a punchline,and it's just that it's just a book

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that helps kids to look at thepictures and figure out Okay, that's a
big word, but it's it's probablyrhinoceros, because that's what the drawing says
right there. Let me ask questionbottomus or portupin Yeah, let me ask
you a question. What age groupis the target audience first for Here's What's
here, and then Elephant and Glue. Maybe they're the same, maybe the

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different, but as people are allfor younger kids, Yes, yes,
Here Here, What's here is forwhen they're about six or seven years old,
when they're discovering words that sound thesame and have different meanings. Elephant
Glues when they're first starting to readwhatever floats your goat is for kids of
all ages. And I've had lotsof people that are saying that they're going

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to get it for their dads forFather's Day because it's an easy Father's Day
gift, just to give a dadjoke book to fathers or grandfathers so they
can read with the kids or grandkids. You know, I've since knowing you're
coming on the show, I've beenlooking at some studies that and I'm going
to ask you the comment on itabout kids exposed to dad jokes or granddad

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jokes have some real benefits. Absolutelythey do. In the British Psychological Society
and Wall Street Journal, there werearticles talking about how kids that are exposed
to dad jokes have better overall communicationskills and have an overall higher intellect.

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And that only makes sense, Larry, because when kids don't understand a joke,
they're going to ask, you know, why is that funny? I
don't get it, and it opensup communication skills and it keeps themive inquisitive
for the rest of their lives.Where do you buy the books? Buy
the books at Red Balloon Toy stores, Select Barnes and Nobles, Pirate Ohs,

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which is my favorite store, inDraper and Poppy Book and Gift in
Spanish work, We're speaking to MikeGrillius, who's a good author of children's
books and Dad Jokes and Happy ValleyPublishers. We've got just about fifteen seconds
left again at Pirate O's at theRed Balloon stores, Barnes and Nobles select

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stores. It's not on Amazon.I hope you get there soon. Mike.
Thank you for joining us here onthe Travel Show, and I recommend
these books if keep your kids occupiedat home or at travel Herry. We'll
see you next week here on theTravel Show.