August 16 – from a trip to this region in May You might think these are in Italy. No, they are in the small city of Lugo, Galicia, Spain. We were surprised too. How did we find out about this little treasure town? Well, it started with Jenean’s laptop needing a new power cord. We […]
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James Derheim’s Bookings for 2014
August 17, 2013 It appears as if 2014 will be our busiest year ever, with bookings far ahead of schedule for the year. Here is the schedule for James, as of today. We will keep this updated as we move closer to the start of the year. April 11 to 24: Tour with a couple […]
August Deadline for Booking Updated
August 7 Clients wishing to book tours during the month of August should contact us prior to May 15.
Christmas Market Tours in Germany
July 23 European Focus Private Tours will be happy to design and lead a Christmas Market Tour for your family up to 10 people. Or, for just two. We can create the itinerary built around your timeframe and your interests. With more than 24 years of experience traveling in Germany and other parts of Europe, […]
2014 looks to be busiest year ever
July 23 With our 25th year looming ahead, and with 229 custom-designed trips under our belt, 2014 looks to be the year that we will most likely fill our calendar completely by the end of 2013, as our repeat clients book their next tour usually while they are on their current one, or soon after. […]
D-Day Memories Kept Alive by Grateful French
July 16 Three nights spent touring the battlefields and landing beaches of Normandy, which suddenly came to the world’s attention in the early hours of June 6, 1944, have taught us that the French have enduring gratitude for what our young men accomplished on that day and during the weeks and months that followed. It’s […]
Castles, Country Inns and Historic Guesthouses Tour for July, 2013 a Wrap
We sent our guests back to Calgary today after the conclusion of their first trip to Germany. Sisters Jennifer and Christina enjoyed a relaxed tour throughout southern and southwestern Germany including a stay in a castle at Hirschhorn, a stay in Germany’s oldest hotel in Miltenberg, three nights in Germany’s oldest fortified town of […]
Oppenheim’s Gruesome Bonehouse
July 11 The pretty little town of Oppenheim on the banks of the Rhein River in Germany has a gruesome secret behind its massive red sandstone church. There, in the cellar of the little Michaels Chapel, lie the remains of some 20,000 souls who were laid to rest in the nearby cemetery between 1400 and […]