The biggest beer festival in the world is just about to wrap up in Munich, Germany. We were there today, enjoying liters of Augustiner beer (a brewery pumping out great beer since 1378) and half chickens in a festival tent jammed with partiers dressed in lederhosen and dirndls. In fact, we felt a little out […]
European Focus Appreciates its Return Guests
Bob and Marlene Rokicki are five time European Focus guests, while their son Bruce and his wife Melissa are enjoying their second trip with us. This one is the ‘Grand Tour’ and has included so far, Amsterdam and Haarlem in the Netherlands, Brugge in Belgium, Koln, the Mosel River Valley and Trier, the Alsace of […]
Is the Black Forest Really Black?
There are more than a few legends connected with Germany’s Black Forest. Several have to do with the name. ‘Schwarzwald’ in Germany, ‘Black Forest’ in English. Is it really black in color? Well, no, it is definitely very much green. From a distance though, the dense pine forest appears to be black or deep blue […]
Colmar, France please stop the noise
J’apprécie votre centre-ville. Que je n’apprécie pas suis le bruit. La circulation, le son des radios bruyantes, et les cloches dérangent ce que serait autrement un soir paisible. Vous ne pouvez pas faire quelque chose de ceci ? Surtout dans les heures d’huit dans le soir à six dans la matinée. Merci. Dear Mayor, I […]
Postcard from Alsace, France
Dambach la Ville on a brilliant September morning.
Experience Europe for 2012
We’re offering an itinerary full of our most favorite places on the European continent. This tour can be booked “as is” or it can be used as the nucleus for your own suggestions and ideas, which we will then incorporate into the perfect trip for you and your party. Remember, we never mix and match […]
Bruges, Brugge or just plain Lovely
However you choose to spell it, and the Germans and the French and the Belgians all have their own spin on it, Bruges is one of Europe’s loveliest cities. We always enjoy taking our guests here, because it’s one “wow” moment after another in a city seemingly frozen in time. The historic city centre is […]
Trier is Germany’s Oldest City
But not only that, it is one of Germany’s most interesting and most lively places. On a warm Saturday morning in late September, the city is full of daytrippers and locals and yes, a few tourists who come to enjoy the shopping, Roman ruins and beautiful architecture of the city once known as “Treverum” under […]