May 17 Entrance to the ancient cemetery, storm clouds building to the west.
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Germany’s Pick Your Own Flower Patches
May 15 You see them everywhere in Germany, these bright fields of flowers full of seasonal blooms, there for the picking and usually conveniently located along a busy road and perfect for the person who wants to liven up their homecoming with some fresh flowers. The best thing is – the price is right. […]
The Bratwurst Kitchen in Regensburg
May 9 Recent lunch with clients at the Bratwurst Kitchen built to feed the workers who were constructing the nearby stone bridge over the Donau. The kitchen has been in existence for more than 600 years. And the brats and kraut are still as good today as they were then.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Final Stand in Germany
May 8 We just finished one of our most interesting tours of our career. Two good friends, Dan and Roy, spent nearly two weeks with Jenean and James Derheim following the life and times of Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was killed by the SS at the Flossenbuerg Concentration Camp in early April, 1945 just ten […]
The Church of St. Margaret in Wahlhausen, Germany
April 29 The little church in the riverside village of Wahlhausen, Thuringen, Germany is a testament to what a lack of heating can do to preserve art. The Church of St. Margaret was built on the bank of the Werra River in 1718 through donations by the local ruling family, the von Hansteins, who […]
Hasselbach and Allendorf Ancestral Discoveries
April 22 and 23 Dennis Jenkins from Grand Junction, Colorado wanted to find out more about his ancestral ties to the hamlet of Hasselbach near Weilburg, Hessen, Germany. Dennis takes the record for waiting the longest between first learning about European Focus Private Tours (1998) to actually stepping off the plane to begin his personal […]
Finding Ancestral Connections in Frankenthal, Germany
April 17 Paul Skelton wanted to see where his German ancestors lived before emigrating to Australia. And so, as part of an extended multiple week long trip that also included England and Ireland, Paul and his wife Rhonda and their son Andrew booked a short week-long tour with European Focus which revolved around a visit […]
Christmas Markets in Germany Tour Offer
April 2 Experience the markets of Dresden, Seiffen, Plauen, Zwickau, Coburg, Bamberg, Nurnberg, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Ulm and Augsburg on this relaxed, luxurious 12-day adventure. Micro-Group with only 10 persons invited! Compared to the run-around, rush-rush-rush of the big bus tours, this tour is the antidote […]