On the Road to Santiago di Compostela, Km 0

We started this adventure in Prague and we will end it in Lisbon. Bob and Betty Whittemore arrived in Prague on a bright and sunny May 6 to begin this more than 2,500 kilometer trek to the burial place of St. James in far western Spain. What adventures will we find along the way? Stay […]

Prague is the City of Eternal Sunshine

Prague – a city undisturbed by the wreckage of World War II, asleep during most of the years under Communism and just “recently” reawakened in the late 1980s is now hosts to zillions (it seems) of tourists who come to admire its fabulous architecture, history and alas, sometimes indifferent service for the most part and […]

Next Adventure Starts May 6 – Prague to Santiago di Compostela and Lisbon

Our next Grand Adventure will begin with Jim meeting two-time guests Bob and Betty at the Prague airport. We’ll spend three nights in Prague before heading back into Germany with an overnight in Rothenburg ob der Tauber, then on to Meersburg, Switzerland, France, Spain and finally Portugal. This adventure will end on May 25 with […]

A Visit to Stetten, Rheinland-Pfalz Part I

Just getting to the right Stetten for genealogist Virginia Packwood was a challenge. There are more than 20 villages in Germany with the name of “Stetten,” and finding the correct one related to her Merkel ancestry took some time and work, not to mention a couple of decades when she and her husband Bill were […]

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What a Year Lies Ahead!

The year 2011 is turning out, so far, to be our most exciting and varied season of travel ever. Starting on April 11 with Jim’s departure for Europe, our travels with our private tour clients will include tulip season in the Netherlands, a visit to the watery city of Brugge, genealogy exploration in Rheinland-Pfalz (Germany), […]