Rudy Maxa

From the famous city of Michelangelo's David to Paris's neon nightlife to cozy village churches, Smart Travels-Europe features Rudy Maxa's picks of the best of Europe. Public television's first HDTV series, the 52 half-hour episodes are a new take on the Old World. Host Rudy Maxa models hassle-free ways of getting to great places, discovering the continent's vitality and character, and plotting a memorable, independent trip. Maxa, a well-known travel personality, writer and lecturer, is an MSNBC business travel columnist, a Pulitzer Prize nominated reporter and the original host of public radio's "The Savvy Traveler."