Trafton’s European Tour 2022/2023

We’re here for 11 days, with several side trips planned. The Trusty Peugeot is in a car park, ascended by an elevator, so a little different taking it in and out. Thank goodness tour guide Cindy is the driver. Talk with you later. Adios Amigos

Greetings from beautiful, cool and wet Salamanca Spain! When tour guide Cindy told me we were going to visit Salamanca on the trip across Spain to Cadiz, I had pictures of the Salamanca family from “ Breaking Bad” in my head! Turns out I was wrong, Salamanca’s a wonderful city. Ok, let’s keep walking. It’s…

Greetings from beautiful Logrono, Spain! Easy six hour drive through France, skirting the beautiful Pyrenees mountains and then into Spain. Up and over the Pyrenees through the beautiful Basque Pyrenees mountains. Beautiful green countryside and then down into the valley of La Rioja. Very dry and brown in the valley, but full of vineyards and…

Greetings from beautiful Toulouse France! As you see, we have moved to France from Italy! Long, long day on Thursday with the move. GPS told us a 9 hour drive, but an accident in one of the hundreds of tunnels we drove through caused a one hour delay. Record €90 in tolls 😳 Easy check…

Greetings from beautiful Moneglia Italy! Yesterday, tour guide Cindy and I decided to visit Pisa and the famous Square of Miracles in Pisa When I was a kid, a long time ago, when we thought of Italy, the only thing I thought of was Rome and The Tower of Pisa because that’s the only picture’s…

Greetings from beautiful Moneglia Italy! We had a little wet weather last night with more forecast for today. So, we decided to get up early and hit a weather window and visit the last of the Cinque Terre villages, Corniglia. Whole different vibe than the 4 other villages. It’s much older and more rustic. The…

Greetings from beautiful Moneglia Italy. We’ve been lucky and avoided most of the rain in the area and enjoyed a wonderful day off yesterday. Last night tour guide Cindy says to me, ok off we go tomorrow. Train trip, bus trip, walking tour 😎 Easy train ride to S. Margherita Ligure But the real reason…

Greetings from beautiful Moneglia Italy. Well , actually it’s 70 degrees with 90% humidity as it’s tried to rain on and off the last two days. So, as we discussed, we use the train to travel around this area. It’s much simpler as parking is a problem here. Tour guide Cindy says let’s go to…

Greetings from beautiful Moneglia Italy. Where is Moneglia and Cinque Terre? Cinque Terre means “ The five villages “ and that’s what they are, five villages connected by trails , rail and some cars. Tunnels run through the mountains. It’s like being on the subway, going from village to village. Train Trip to the Saturday…

Wonderful last couple of days, short driving and walking tours of the close by villages and small city’s. Unfortunately, our air quality is still poor. This is a fantastic museum and active viniculture center. Unfortunately, it was closed when we visited. Ok, time to refill our wine Ok, new day and a little brighter. Off…