The Italy trip is alive and well.
What Italy trip, Doc?
The one youse and I will take next October, to Tuscany. Frequent Perusers of This Space might have read about it already. My Loveland pal Larry Fannon organizes tours to Europe for a living. Given that Larry spends half the year in his Tuscan apartment, he just might know the area.
Larry knows the best tour guides. This is no small consideration when you’re wanting to get the best bang for your travel buck. He knows the restaurants and the restaurateurs, and he knows good wine when he tastes it.
Larry has six spaces left on the 30-person tour, running Oct. 1-11. Won’t you consider spending the vacation of a lifetime with me and my wife Kerry? We can vouch for Tuscany, having spent a week there last June, discovering the profound and simple beauty of the Italian countryside. It should be even better in the fall. Temperatures will be cooler, the crowds less.
And the wine? Put it this way: You could count on the fingers of one hand the number of glasses of red I’ve consumed in the past decade. I’m a beer guy. Or was. The Chianti Classico in Montalcino, Tuscany, cured me of that affliction.
We will have an informational meeting at 6:30 on Jan. 25, at the Oasis Golf and Conference Center in Loveland. Larry will provide more detail and answer any questions you might have.
Between work and play, I’ve been all over the globe. I’ve never experienced anyplace like Tuscany. See you there.
I can be reached at pdoc53@gmail.com. Larry’s contact info is in the bottom right corner of the flyer.
ALSO, PLEASE NOTE. . . Larry has decided to cancel the Irish tour, planned for May. We didn’t get the word out early enough to properly promote and plan it. We’ll try again in ‘25.
https://winefolly.com/deep-dive/brunello-di-montalcino-its-worth-the-wait/
The best! And enjoy some grappa as well.
Have fun, Doc! If I was retired, you could count us in. Knowing you, there will be future opportunities. Hope so. One other factor? Missing Bengal(s) games. I’ve missed maybe 5-6 live and in person in Cincy since I was 6. BUT, for you??? Hmmmm... We can worry about it then. Meanwhile...
WHODEY! - BB