Trafton’s European Tour 2022/2023

Tour guide Cindy promised a short driving trip today, with a few stops across the Langhe valley. Remember, we are in a valley here and so the villages/small towns we visit are very close to each other. Usually, 10-15 miles apart. Ok, off we go! Easy day, picnic in a vineyard with beauty all around.…

Wow, when we were invited to a Saturday wine tasting at the local Coop Enoteca ( wine store) we didn’t know what we were getting ourselves into😎 Turns out, it’s €20 for 20 promised tastings! Turns out it’s 30 tastings from nine different winery’s! What are a couple from Idaho supposed to do! Dive in…

As you already know, we lovingly call Cindy Tour Guide Cindy, as she plans all our trips. I’m just along for food and beverage services. Today, Tour Guide Cindy says, driving tour! So off to the trusty Peugeot we go. Unfortunately, an air inversion is happening here as they haven’t had rain in over 6…

We visited here in ‘19 and fell in love with the quiet little villages and the lack of Americans. You seldom hear English here. We don’t consider ourselves wine snobs, but do enjoy a glass or two occasionally 😜😎 Italy has many wine producing areas, this is one of the least known in the USA.…

Greetings from beautiful La Morra, Italy! We arrived here yesterday in the afternoon. Quite a trip, over 24 hours from Eagle to Frankfurt where we picked up the new trusty Peugeot. The trip over and car pickup was so smooth we were wondering what we were doing right? So off we go to a quick…

Cindy and I first toured Europe in 1986. We toured the major European city’s via the Eurail pass. Then, when we retired in 2013, we again used Eurail and visited for 6 weeks in the spring and 5 more weeks in the fall. We decided to try a longer trip in 2019, so, we leased…