<p><b>Write guidebooks, make travel TV, lead bus tours? Cameron Hewitt has been Rick Steves¿ right hand for more than 20 years, doing just that.</b></p><p><i>The Temporary European</i> is a collection of vivid, entertaining travel tales from across Europe. Cameron zips you into his backpack for engaging and inspiring experiences: sampling spleen sandwiches at a Palermo street market; hiking alone with the cows high in the Swiss Alps; simmering in Budapest¿s thermal baths; trekking across an English moor to a stone circle; hand-rolling pasta at a Tuscan <i>agriturismo</i>; shivering through Highland games in a soggy Scottish village; and much more.</p><p>Along the way, Cameron introduces us to his favorite Europeans. In Mostar, Alma demonstrates how Bosnian coffee isn¿t just a drink, but a social ritual. In France, Mathilde explains that the true mastery of a <i>fromager</i> isn¿t making cheese, but aging it. In Spain, Fran proudly eats acorns, but never corn on the cob.</p><p>While per