Jenean and Jim are spending the last half of July exploring new territory for European Focus clients in Croatia and Slovenia. We’re writing about the good, and the not so good, as we travel down roads that are new to us. This work is one of the most interesting that we do, and we hope […]
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Building future adventures – Svetvincenat, Croatia
Among the handful of interesting places to see around our current home base of Barban is the castle village of Svetvincenat. Built in the 10th century around a small hill with a castle, the village square is considered to be one of the prettiest in Istria. Well, perhaps it could be one day. Right now, […]
Building Future Trips – Piran, Slovenia
Following our two-week adventure with the Cain family in Italy, we’re scouting in Slovenia and Croatia for the next week or so, building itineraries for 2012 and the future in these undiscovered (at least by European Focus) places. They sure aren’t “undiscovered” by the Germans. We feel as if we are in Little Germany in […]
Memories of wine tasting in Montalcino
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. […]
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 […]