Recommended Books & Movies

What books and movies made your trip better?

Movies and recreational reading can make your sightseeing a lot more fun and meaningful. Which films and books carbonated your travel experience best?

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Title	Author	Replies	Last Post
British TV series—-not crime or detective	Lola	74	06/07/20 07:38 PM
Movies to help travel vicariously	Lola	20	04/09/20 07:40 PM
Victoria and Abdul	Lola	2	04/11/20 05:25 PM
Montalbano's house in Punta Secca? And a question about Ragusa.	Lola	7	12/04/20 05:05 PM
Italian Ways	Lola	8	05/31/22 08:17 PM
Help with finding a new series to watch	Lola	57	12/27/22 09:26 PM
Is anyone watching the Seahawks v Tampa Bay game being played in Munich?	Lola	24	11/14/22 08:51 PM
Interesting “discussion” of RS guidebooks on the Tripadvisor UK forum	Lola	15	12/28/22 01:42 PM
Great article in Smithsonian about Galla Placidia, the “Last Empress”	Lola	5	03/13/24 12:50 AM
Woman in Gold	Lola	7	03/23/24 04:30 PM
'My Life in France' - Julia Child	lnbsig 🌍	8	03/26/16 07:33 PM
Book about Tom Crean	lnbsig 🌍	5	12/03/17 03:27 PM
At Eternity's Gate	lnbsig 🌍	6	12/17/18 02:11 PM
Spanish Renaissance music	lnbsig 🌍	4	08/04/19 11:17 PM
Pasta Grannies	lnbsig 🌍	6	07/21/20 11:44 PM
Travel in the mind	lnbsig 🌍	3	01/27/21 12:39 AM
Fascinating article about the past and possible future of Milan	lnbsig 🌍	5	02/13/21 11:41 PM
Travel writings by Mary McCarthy	lnbsig 🌍	3	04/16/22 01:52 AM
French film alert	lnbsig 🌍	6	05/11/22 02:52 AM
Pop music versions of Renaissance music	lnbsig 🌍	6	06/13/22 06:29 PM
The Quiet Girl - Irish language film	lnbsig 🌍	8	03/26/23 07:46 PM
YouTube music of Erik Satie paintings of Edouard Leon Cortes	lnbsig 🌍	0	03/31/23 04:02 PM
Close to Vermeer	lnbsig 🌍	3	06/12/23 08:30 AM
Books read prior to RS Best of Ireland trip	lmshep51	3	07/24/19 04:01 PM
Pre- trip to Spain reading	lisa g	7	05/26/23 01:01 AM
Travel writer after reading Rick and Cameron	Linnae	4	06/22/23 12:11 AM
The Dig - Archaeological Story	Linda	22	02/26/21 03:14 AM
Grand Designs - Isle of Skye	Linda	11	09/21/21 03:23 PM
Preparing for our (postponed) trip to Greece	Libby	0	07/27/20 09:36 PM
Books for day hikes-Italy	lesliebennett	5	07/13/15 07:36 PM
Provence	Lee	2	01/15/14 05:45 PM
Sicily Books Free to a Good Home	Laurie Ann	2	10/02/24 03:18 PM
German/English app	Laurel	7	10/18/18 08:25 AM
New book by Seth Kugel	Lane	22	12/18/18 03:09 AM
The Case Against Travel	Lane	30	01/10/24 02:25 AM
Helpful Books for Trip to Hungary and Central/Eastern Europe	kskelly54	2	08/29/23 08:27 PM
Which Rick Steeves Book	kris.albright62	10	06/16/17 05:31 PM
Travel board games	kim	12	09/01/20 12:31 AM
Hotel Portofino	khrystia	2	06/19/22 10:17 PM
The French Ingredient	khrystia	12	02/07/25 04:27 PM
Recommendation for a book on French History	KER	11	04/25/18 01:36 AM
At Eternity's Gate - Van Gogh film by an artist whose own work is at Orsay	Kent	6	04/17/19 09:33 PM
"Aerial Spain" 3 episodes present dramatic views you can't get from the ground	Kent	7	02/09/19 01:16 AM
Current New Yorker "The Invisible City Beneath Paris"	Kent	4	05/30/19 09:23 PM
"The Rape of Europa" movie/ book for real story behind Hollywood's "The Monuments Men"	Kent	39	08/17/19 08:05 PM
Books set in Barcelona, Cannes/Nice, Pisa, Rome, or Switzerland	Kelly’d...	6	12/21/17 12:20 PM
WW1 & Brussels	Kelly	1	09/20/18 07:57 PM
“Easy Access Europe” Update?	kdizne	3	05/31/22 03:55 AM
Postcards From Europe (audio book)	KC	3	06/17/14 05:52 PM
foreign films	KC	12	09/19/15 01:28 AM