16-year-old Petr has just started his first job--patrolling for shoplifters in a grocery store. An unsure young man, he is now an agent of the established order, yet he looks on complacently when a stout woman steals some candy. His father, a part time bandmaster, is a petty dictator--Petr resists playing audience to his habitual old-school monologues. His father lacks any direction for the future and Petr is confused and adrift. The disappointments...

Based on the legend of the golem, a popular figure in Jewish tradition. In medieval Prague, the Rabbi Loew gives life to the golem, a clay monster. The golem falls in love with the Rabbi's daughter and brings fear to the emperor's court, but is eventually destroyed by an innocent child.

It is a country small in size, but its history is more than a thousand years old. Thanks to its rich history it has become a real paradise of the tourists.

Join tour guide Samantha Brown as she visits the royal chocolate supplier in Belgium; visit the breathtaking architecture, art, music and unique style of Prague; explore the tree-lined canals of Amsterdam; stroll the picturesque medieval lanes, and explore the sidewalk markets and festive street celebrations of Barcelona; visit the Prado Museum, stay in a hotel with a flair for the dramatic and a meal of unexpected local favorites in Madrid; visit...

Prague 1942. Following the assassination of Nazi "Reich Protector" Heydrich, Masha Novotny, a professor's daughter, hides the culprit in her parents' apartment. When the Gestapo take 400 people hostage in retaliation, Masha's father is among those arrested. The assassin, surgeon Dr. Svoboda, manages to escape. As they search for him the Gestapo also train their sights on Masha.

Rick Steves takes you off-the-beaten-path of some of his favorite European cities.