We stopped in Montalcino, Tuscany recently with our guests, the Cain family. We were really just there for lunch, but while in Montalcino, you really should try the special “Brunello di Montalcino” wine. Dennis and Melissa had a taste with their lunch, and liked it. So, we stopped at a wine store which offered tastings. […]
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Chilling out on the Amalfi Coast
A boater taking a break near Positano.
Auf Wiedersehen from the Rhein and Bacharach
Thank you George and Susan for placing your full faith and trust in European Focus Private Tours to fulfill George’s “Bucket List” of places he wanted to visit in Germany. It was an honor! Here are two new members of the growing European Focus Family high above Bacharach, Rhein Valley, on their final day of […]
An unforgettable visit to Amberg, Germany
George Then’s father was born in Amberg, in the Oberpfaelzerwald of Bavaria, Germany. He met his future wife in Nuernberg, where they married. They had a son, and emigrated to America to begin new lives in 1927. George Then was born in America. He’d wanted to come to Germany for many years to see where […]
Private Tour Opportunity for August
We have an opening on our calendar for a private tour of at least seven days minimum for the month of August, 2011. This month is historically for us the last month to fill, and we’ve taken bookings as late as July for the very next month. Still, if it’s your dream to travel in […]
Continue to follow the journey as Jenean and Jim go separate ways
After an overnight in Strasbourg, Jenean leaves on the train for Paris on June 17 and Jim drives to their apartment in the medieval town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Jenean starts her “Women’s Tour” with a party of three from Minnesota on the 18th and Jim starts his tour with a couple from the […]
Adieu Art and Carol
We dropped off our most recent guests Art and Carol at the Geneva Airport this morning. Art and Carol are now planning their fifth adventure with European Focus, to take place in September, 2012. The next trip will include the Tirol of Italy and Croatia. Jenean and Jim will be scouting locations in Croatia in […]
Moustiers-Saint-Marie
We had our lunch on June 10th in the charming hillside town of Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, or simply Moustiers, (Mostiers Santa Maria in Occitan) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France, a part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region. As we approached, we stopped to take photos from the fields below. But, the real photos […]