The Best of Ireland Adventure Micro-Group Tour Ten wonderful days wrapped in Ireland’s beauty including Cashel, Cobh, Kenmare and the Rings of Kerry and Beara, Bunratty and the Cliffs of Moher and more. Just five adults invited. Ultimate in personal service and comfort priced between 4,400 and 5,200 Euro per person. Now accepting reservations. For […]
Welcome Back For the Fourth Time
Art and Carol will enjoy Barcelona plus southern France including the areas around Gordes, Rousillon, Arles and more during their upcoming June 1 to 16 adventure with European Focus. Their previous trips were in Germany, Italy and Ireland. We appreciate our return guests!
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Dr. Jose Rizal Statue in Wilhelmsfeld, Germany
Not many people from the Philippines realize that there is a statue and park dedicated to their national hero, Jose Rizal, located in an out of the way village buried deep in the Odenwald Forest about 25 kilometers from Heidelberg. I brought my current clients there and we enjoyed seeing the statue, erected in 1978, […]
Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
Walt Disney used Neuschwanstein Castle as inspiration for Sleeping Beauty Castle. A stunning late fall day at Neuschwanstein Castle, near Schwangau, Germany. The temperature was right at 1 Celsius, but the sun and the total lack of any wind made it bearable. The visibility was unlimited, with villages and lakes stretching off to the horizon […]
Kinderdijk, Holland is Postcard from the Past
On a cold and very windy day we visited the most expansive collection of old windmills on offer in Holland. Kinderdijk, not far from Rotterdam, has 19 of them set in marshland well below sea level. The windmills may no longer be doing their old job of pumping water up into the nearby river (a […]
Best Chocolate Shop in Brugges, Belgium
We visited the little shop of the Dumon family the other day for their wonderful handcrafted chocolate. Madame Dumon explained that there are many chocolate shops in Brugges, but only four which still make their own chocolate. All the others ship it in from large factories. And, I was so impressed that upon entering, before […]
Today in Amsterdam
Reflections on the Prinsengraacht, one of the major canals in the center of old Amsterdam.