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Ideas on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Immediately is a profoundly unhappy day. Russia’s aggressive motion is heartbreaking for the dying, struggling, and financial turmoil it would trigger in Ukraine and, not directly a minimum of, past. Right here at Rick Steves’ Europe, we hope {that a} diplomatic resolution will be discovered and peace will return to that fragile and long-suffering a part of our world.
Our mission at RSE is to assist People higher know and perceive our neighbors by journey. However after we carry vacationers to a different nation, we additionally carry their {dollars} — {dollars} that will help Putin’s aggression. Subsequently, as of right this moment, we now have canceled all 2022 excursions that embody a cease in Russia.
After all, we are going to hold a detailed eye on unfolding occasions and monitor any journey impacts by the remainder of Europe. However you will need to hold geographic realities in thoughts and keep in mind that a warfare in Ukraine is as removed from our European trip desires as a warfare in Guatemala can be from Texas or Florida. For 40 years now, we now have lived, labored, and traveled by many intervals of tragic warfare in lands removed from the place we lead our excursions (and a few nearer). And presently, we see no cause to vary the remainder of our journey and touring plans.
The tragic actuality unfolding in Ukraine solely jogs my memory how essential it’s for People to maintain on touring and to take action in a means that makes us higher and extra engaged residents of our world. I’m flying to Europe subsequent month for a 40-day journey by a dozen nice cities from London to Athens — and I’m proud that 1000’s of my fellow vacationers will expertise the European journey of their desires whereas having wealthy studying experiences removed from house on a 2022 Rick Steves tour.
Within the meantime, let’s be glad about our blessings, help our nation’s leaders as they do their greatest to navigate this disaster, and hold the troubled corners of our world (Ukraine, Russia, Afghanistan, and extra) in our ideas and prayers.
—Rick
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