Rick Steves Pocket Venice (Fourth Edition)

About Gene OpenshawRick Steves

Gene Openshaw is a writer composer tour guide and lecturer on art and history. Specializing in writing walking tours of Europe''s cultural sights Gene has coauthored 10 of Rick''s books and contributes to Rick''s public television series. As a composer Gene has written a full-length opera (Matter) a violin sonata and dozens of songs. He lives near Seattle with his daughter and roots for the Mariners in good times and bad. Since 1973 Rick Steves has spent about four months a year exploring Europe. His mission: to empower Americans to have European trips that are fun affordable and culturally broadening. Rick produces a best-selling guidebook series a public television series and a public radio show and organizes small-group tours that take over 30000 travelers to Europe annually. He does all of this with the help of more than 100 well-traveled staff members at Rick Steves'' Europe in Edmonds WA (near Seattle). When not on the road Rick is active in his church and with advocacy groups focused on economic and social justice drug policy reform and ending hunger. To recharge Rick plays piano relaxes at his family cabin in the Cascade Mountains and spends time with his son Andy and daughter Jackie. Find out more about Rick at www.ricksteves.com and on Facebook. Connect with Rick: facebook.com/RickSteves twitter: @RickSteves instagram: ricksteveseurope