Paris
Sunday Morning in Paris
I am in Paris and it is Saturday night. Tomorrow I have a chunk of time to myself before heading to the airport so I was considering the best way to spend a Sunday morning. I think Paris and Rome are phenomenal cities on a Sunday morning, they have the wonderful ability to wake up Read more…
Favorite Tube Station in London
I am heading for London soon to begin a tour (the quite wonderful European Quartet) and that means another bout of training people in tube etiquette. There is a certain skill in getting 40 people onto the same underground train, making sure they stand on the correct side of the escalator and the different way Read more…
Theft of The Mona Lisa
I was watching Sherlock Holmes ‘The Final Problem’ the other day, a classic tale which ends with the famed struggle at the Reichenbach falls. Anyway, the episode begins with Holmes securing the return of the Mona Lisa from the grasping Fagin-like hands of Moriarty. Although the story originally appeared in the Strand magazine in 1893 Read more…
Celebrating Birthday Traditions Around the World
Every day on tour is memorable. But if a traveler’s birthday happens to fall during their time abroad, that’s especially true. Being able to celebrate your birthday in a city like Paris, Rome, Barcelona or Beijing—with many of your friends right there by your side—is an experience not to be forgotten. On my first EF Read more…
5 Places to Visit on a Paris/Amsterdam Tour
In May I got to go to Paris and Amsterdam with a small group from my college. It was my first EF tour and undoubtedly the trip of a lifetime. While we saw many wonderful things during our trip, here’s a few that I think should not be missed: 1. The Eiffel Tower You can’t Read more…
7 Foods to Try Abroad, Regional Guides
A fellow Tour Director recently posted on Facebook that there was little better in life than enjoying an almond granita whilst in Sicily, something which is quite hard to argue with. This led me to asking other Tour Directors which foods they always want their groups to try while travelling in Europe. So, put these Read more…
Bastille Day in Paris
I remember being on a city tour in Paris once when the guide told the group, “do you know that we French don’t call it Bastille Day……we know it as July the 14th.” Despite the lack of title the 14th is, naturally, an important national holiday and recalls the day in 1790 when the first Read more…
Travel to Europe in June for Midsummer Celebrations
If you want to join in with something a little different from the normal EF tour day then hopefully you will bump into some of the following while touring Europe in June. Midsummer celebrations – Watching sunrise on the longest day at Stonehenge is quite the experience but not always the most practical to arrange. Read more…
Americans’ Top 10 Dream Travel Destinations Revealed
Survey Question: If you could visit any place in the world, where would it be? A recent LivingSocial survey posed this question to 5,600 people, mostly Americans, and the results revealed an interesting mix of historical sites, natural wonders and the expected tourist meccas. And, it just so happens that EF offers tours to all Read more…
Paris Day Trip Surprise
Bobby McCutcheon has been a group leader on two EF tours and has tours confirmed for the Summers of 2012 and 2013. He is currently the assistant principal/athletic director at South Harrison High School in Bethany, MO where he resides with his wife and three children. Bobby is a 2005 graduate of the University of Read more…
