It’s my favorite time of year when I host my European tour guides here at the Rick Steves’ home base for Test Drive a Tour Guide. While they’re in town, I’ll be taking advantage of their travel expertise by recording radio interviews with them from January 22–29.

I plan to record about 50 new interviews all focused on Europe; our topics will include updates on countries from Iceland and Poland to Spain and Croatia. We’ll enjoy fascinating conversations ranging from a paprika primer in...