Gretchen Strauch
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I probably shouldn’t be awake right now
Editor • ricksteves.com
Editor • ricksteves.com
I was up the middle tower (Jin Mao) in 2009, when it was the second tallest in Lujiazui. It would be absolutely amazing to go back there now
January 27, 2026 at 7:53 AM
I was up the middle tower (Jin Mao) in 2009, when it was the second tallest in Lujiazui. It would be absolutely amazing to go back there now
I feel bad about reposting this
December 13, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I feel bad about reposting this
Nice work, Seattle 🇺🇸❤️
October 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Nice work, Seattle 🇺🇸❤️
Omg guess what I found on my desk this morning
September 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Omg guess what I found on my desk this morning
Hey Jamelle—one of Rick’s guidebook editor/researchers here—waking up to this post just as I’m finishing leading a Rick Steves tour through the Alps is even better than seeing Mont Blanc at sunrise. The stanning is mutual!
June 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Hey Jamelle—one of Rick’s guidebook editor/researchers here—waking up to this post just as I’m finishing leading a Rick Steves tour through the Alps is even better than seeing Mont Blanc at sunrise. The stanning is mutual!
My uncle’s idle email asking me whether his classical-music-station DJ had mispronounced “Tannhäuser” led to a three-page answer and the making of this, which no one wanted, yet my brain insisted on it
December 18, 2024 at 9:44 PM
My uncle’s idle email asking me whether his classical-music-station DJ had mispronounced “Tannhäuser” led to a three-page answer and the making of this, which no one wanted, yet my brain insisted on it
No joke: this came up (I’ve saved it for frequent use and I love it so much)
October 10, 2024 at 8:08 PM
No joke: this came up (I’ve saved it for frequent use and I love it so much)
For work reasons I stay in (and check guidebook listings of) many, many European hotel rooms and this one in Montreux—in a fancy place with a wrought-iron balcony overlooking Lake Geneva—will never leave my memory
October 9, 2024 at 2:55 AM
For work reasons I stay in (and check guidebook listings of) many, many European hotel rooms and this one in Montreux—in a fancy place with a wrought-iron balcony overlooking Lake Geneva—will never leave my memory
![While the sailboat, the Amidala, did not sink, pods of orcas have sunken several vessels in recent years. [excerpt from NYTimes article]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:etyjigbm5tcilvvun74vlfcl/bafkreif4x2222d3sgd4xt6uzpkg44bj5vbdivheb4fwevntkn6jeg43l4u@jpeg)
CALL CONGRESS
202-224-3121
202-224-3121
July 10, 2024 at 4:40 AM
CALL CONGRESS
202-224-3121
202-224-3121
Congrats, Mark! (Also, you beat by Tuesday best by more than 1:30.) Are you planning on stopping now? (Please tell me how one does that)
April 16, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Congrats, Mark! (Also, you beat by Tuesday best by more than 1:30.) Are you planning on stopping now? (Please tell me how one does that)
I had this exact watch, and I LOVED it. I especially loved how much it resembled the clocks in Swiss train stations. The one I have now was the closest thing I could find, last time I needed a new watch—still like it, but miss the old one
February 17, 2024 at 10:06 PM
I had this exact watch, and I LOVED it. I especially loved how much it resembled the clocks in Swiss train stations. The one I have now was the closest thing I could find, last time I needed a new watch—still like it, but miss the old one
Few days go by before I have cause to think of this one yet again i.kym-cdn.com/photos/image...
February 8, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Few days go by before I have cause to think of this one yet again i.kym-cdn.com/photos/image...
Recent exchange with best friend
January 17, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Recent exchange with best friend
October 13, 2023 at 5:52 AM
