A shower approaches the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland.
Category Archives: Europe Tours
Travel Ireland with European Focus
For the next week and a half, European Focus Private Tours founder James Derheim will be showing new arrivals Paula, Bob and Audrey the “Hits of Ireland” as he sees it, including Ireland’s highest pub, the Book of Kells at Trinity College, the Rock of Cashel and Tipperary, Cobh and Kinsale, plus Kenmare, the Ring […]
Inexpensive and safe longterm parking near frankfurt airport
Searching for affordable, cheap remote parking near the Frankfurt Airport is like looking for a needle among needles. There are many to choose from, but not all are good. I thought I had a reservation at the “Main Park” but it turned out that I really didn’t have a reservation at all, and the man […]
Berlin’s Flea Market After the Apocolypse
If every city got blown up and all of the malls and department stores were reduced to rubble, then a shopping experience would look like what we experienced the other day. “This is after the radioactive dust has cleared and people start to collect again,” is what was running through my mind as I wandered […]
Tipping in Germany
Tipping 20, 15 even as low as 10% of the bill in Germany is not required. What a relief for those who are tired of trying to figure out if a wait person earned it. Many who travel to Germany don’t know this. In Germany, unlike in America, waiters and waitresses don’t depend on tips […]
Follow August Adventures in Europe with European Focus Private Tours
August will be filled with travel and fun in Germany, Austria, Italy and Ireland. On August 4: Greg van der Werf arrives in Rothenburg ob der Tauber from California. Greg will be spending just over two weeks “goofing off” with European Focus Private Tours owner James Derheim in Berlin, Dresden, the Erzgebirge, Munich, Berchtesgaden, Schwangau […]
The Cruise industry versus small city charm
We will never, ever take a cruise. Don’t even tell us about your last one, because we hate, hate, hate what the cruise industry has done to once quaint towns and villages within reach of the nearest deep water port. Take Dubrovnik, Croatia for example. Now I have to be clear, we have never stepped […]
Building future adventures – Krk, Istria, Croatia
We spent the night of July 22 at the Hotel Malin on the island of Krk, Istria. We arrived in the middle of the afternoon and went promptly to our room, a pretty plain one with a balcony featuring an expansive view of the Adriatic. Room service was called, and we were soon enjoying plates […]