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The River Spey, Macallan Estate, Charlestown of Aberlour, Scotland.   Itinerary:   Monday, 9/26 Arrive Edinburgh Airport – Board Coach Blair-Athol Distillery Tour Lunch at Blair Atholl Watermill  Check-in – Dowan’s Hotel – Aberlour Dinner at Restaurant 57 – Dowan’s Hotel                Tuesday, 9/ 27  Ballindalloch Distillery Tour Lunch at Ballindalloch Castle Tearoom                   Aberlour Distillery...

  View from the Castello, Grinzane Cavour, Piemonte, Italy.   Itinerary:   Mon. July 31 – train to Lugano – drive to Lake Maggiore – 2 nights at Castello del Pozzo Wed. Aug 2 – drive to Neive – 4 nights at Langhe Country House Sun. Aug 6 – drive to Milan – 1 night...

The view across the valley from Murren towards Wengen.   Itinerary:   Wed. July 26 – disembark Basel – train to Murren – 3 nights at Hotel Eiger Sat. July 29 – train to Lucerne – 2 nights at Art Deco Hotel Montana Mon. July 31 – train to Lugano – drive to Lake Maggiore...

View of Filsen, Germany, across the Rhine from Boppard   Itinerary:   Wed. July 19 – board the cruise ship in Amsterdam – Uniworld River Empress Thurs. July 20 – Cologne Fri. July 21 – Koblenz Sat. July 22 – Rudesheim Sun. July 23 – Speyer Mon. July 24 – Strasbourg Tues. July 25 –...

The I Amsterdam Sign in front of the Rijksmuseum   We landed at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport (AMS) just after 1pm on a rainy Sunday Afternoon. Schiphol is an attractive modern airport, clean and easy to navigate. Our party of six consisted of my wife and I, our two boys, ages 8 & 12, and my...

Quite a few people have asked me to post our itinerary from our family’s recent trip to Europe, and to help them plan a similar trip. Friends and family know I love to travel, and many of you have travelled with me on previous trips I’ve organized. Few things give me greater pleasure than travel,...