Celebrity Travel: Go Away With Ken Burns
Q. What's the most important thing you've learned from your travels?
A. I would only echo Mark Twain. I'll paraphrase -- travel is the enemy of prejudice. The more you travel, the more you learn about this world and how you're both similar and unique to other people. You become a better American after traveling.
Q. For people who're wary of leaving the United States, what's your advice?
A. Travel within the U.S. then! A lot of people don't travel within their own country and there is so much to see. They don't expect great cities and museums and national parks.
Q. What is your favorite hotel?
A. The Four Seasons in D.C. I've had the opportunity to stay there for work. They've been very generous to PBS and I've been able to stay there at a reduced rate.
Q. Where is the most romantic vacation spot?
A. There's just one choice and it's Paris. I know of no more romantic place on earth than Paris.
Q. Where have you enjoyed the best meal of your life?
A. I have had my best two meals in Amalfi, along the Amalfi Coast, just south of Naples in Italy. The first time I ate there, Gore Vidal took me there when we were doing a film about Thomas Jefferson. He lived in the hills overlooking Positano. I was able to find it again and recreate the meal. If I had a moment, I'd drop everything and go back there. Also, I'm part owner of a little restaurant called L.A. Burdick in this little town of Walpole, N.H., and we have a (Scottish poet) Robert Burns night every January 25. I ate the best haggis I've ever had there.
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