The beautiful photographs and interesting stories in the book ,Grand Literary Cafés of Europe, by Noel Fitch, provide both the background behind the history of café culture in Europe and great ideas for places to relax on your next European city trip. “Coffee is the beverage of thought, dialectic and dream”. From the first cafés [...]
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Our Three Best Kept Travel Secrets
May 19th, 2012 
admin We love to travel and we love Europe, so as you can guess, our Best Kept Travel Secrets are Europe-Focused.
Discover Paris Again
May 19th, 2012 admin You’ve been to the Louvre and Notre Dame Cathedral, gazed up at the Eiffel Tower and the Arch of Triumph, taken a sightseeing cruise on the Seine River. Now you want to discover the lesser-known treasures of Paris — which is what we did on our latest visit to this fabulous city. John and I [...]
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No Comments »Unexpected Delights: Istanbul, Turkey
May 18th, 2012 admin Due to a strange, yet fortuitous, turn of events during a trip to Greece, I found myself in Istanbul, Turkey for two days with some of my favorite travel companions: my parents, sister, and our beloved grandmother. My father, who didn’t have many opportunities to travel in his younger years, is perhaps the most joyful [...]
Posted in Euro tours Tags: Aqueduct of Valens, blue mosque, Grand Bazaar, Hagia Sofia, istanbul, Sultan Ahmet Mosque, turkey No Comments »