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Thursday, July 29th, 2010The view from the terrace outside of our room, at the lovely Balcones des Luberons, just on the north edge of the hill town of Gordes. We have two lovely nights here while we scout future tour locations in the Luberon region of Provence. The “mistral,” or strong wind, is blowing and it is creating [...]
European Focus Private Tours Benefit #384
Saturday, June 19th, 2010Spontaneous sightseeing is what we’re all about. When we drive along Europe’s back roads with our guests, and when we see something interesting, we check it out. Big Bus Companies are all about staying on a schedule. They have to, with 40 people, even a potty stop has to be coordinated. The other day, Jim [...]
Erfurt is Germany’s Hidden Jewel
Friday, September 11th, 2009Americans don’t visit Erfurt but they should. The city is more than 1250 years old and is jammed with fantastic buildings remaining from the period of building from the late 1400s to the early 1600s, at the height of the German Renaissance. One of those buildings, the 16the century “Breiten Herd” was severely damaged by [...]
Eppingen, Germany is a Half-timbered Town with “Pfiff!”
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009We spent a couple of nights in Paula’s ancestral town of Eppingen, not far from Heilbronn and Sinsheim in Baden-Wuerttemberg. Eppingen is well-known in this area for its wealth of beautifully-preserved half-timbered houses. Some are huge, such as the “Baummisches Haus,” dating from 1562 and now a lovely small hotel and cellar restaurant with extensive [...]
Praise for Genealogist Georg Grüneberg Specializing in Brandenburg
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009From Dena Ward, who hired Georg Grüneberg to do research for her in Brandenburg, Germany. Herr Grüneberg did work for Dena and her sister Grace in advance of our visit to the area in October, 2008. He has since done much more work, and Dena’s comments of August 23 are: I just wanted to let [...]
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