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Start Fresh! Our New Arrival Program for 2015 and beyond
June 12 Announcing our ‘Start Fresh’ program for all tours in 2015 and beyond! (Does not apply to current clients who are ‘grandfathered’ into whatever system we have used for them in the past) This will apply to all tours of seven or more days in length and for all travelers who have at least […]
But it never gets hot in Germany! (Or England, or Belgium, or Holland, or…)
June 11 Temperatures recently in Berlin have been approaching 100 degrees and that has the Berliners melting just like, well, jelly donuts in a hot Arizona sun. Germans are simply not equipped for the heat. They get all red in the face, start huffing and puffing and ultimately, they just collapse into a chair in […]
Solar Power Revolution in Spain
May 30 YES solar power has potential to cure many of our planet’s energy problems and keep CO2 out of our atmosphere. A revolutionary power system near Seville, Spain harnesses the power of the sun to liquefy (boil) salt. That boiling salt is then used to turn water into steam, which powers turbines, creating electricity. […]
The Speed of Europe
May 29 Germany moves at about 80 mph Italy at around 110 mph Spain at around 40 mph and that suits us just fine. Come to Spain. Not enough Americans do. We want to change that.
The Mezquita of Cordoba, Spain
May 29 There are few words to describe the amazing Mezquita of Cordoba, Spain. We spent more than an hour wandering inside the massive structure, which is clearly visible from our luxury boutique hotel located just a half minute’s walk from the walls of the former mosque. The structure goes back to Visigothic times when […]
The Chapel of Bones in Evora, Portugal
May 27 We spent the first two nights of a southern Portugal and southern Spain tour with repeat clients Art and Carol in the pretty hilltop town of Evora, Portugal. One of the places we visited there is the Chapel of Bones, built in the early 17th century by monks of the adjacent Monastery of […]
A stone circle even older than Stonehenge near Evora, Portugal
May 27 We were amazed recently to be able to walk around a series of more than 100 stones, called ‘Menhirs,’ located about 12 kilometers west of Evora, Portugal in the middle of a large grove of cork oak trees. The stones were placed in concentric circles more than 7,000 years ago. This makes the […]