Palin's New Europe starts with a simple idea - that only a couple hours from home is a half of Europe that is for him as unknown and unexplored as the plateau of Tibet or the vastnesses of the Sahara. Cut off for most of his life by Cold Wars and Iron Curtains, Europe's eastern lands are now open for business... Visiting 20 countries, he encounters painful memories and exuberant celebrations. From meeting Romanian lumberjacks, watching Turks wrestling in olive oil and driving a train from Poznan to Wolsztyn to mine clearing in Bosnia, treading the cat walk at the Budapest fashion show and sampling the sights at Yalta on the Russian Riveria...