After another amazing trip in Switzerland in Oct 2019, I have decided to share the high level itin on this blog though it has nothing to do with my 90+ trips in Japan.
Upcoming trips in 2024
May/June – Lisbon (4n) > Porto (4n) > Santiago de Compostela (2n) > San Sebastian (3n) > Madrid (4n)
2023
Sept/Oct – Cortina d’Ampezzo (4n) > Verona (2n) > Ortisei (3n) > Vicenza (2n) > Montecatini (2n) > Lucca (2n) > Sestri Levante (3n) > Como (2n) > Milano (1n)
May/June – Lausanne (3n)+Vevey > Basel (3n)+Saint-Louis > Lucerne (3n)+Mt Titlis > Bern(3n)+Bachalpsee > Bregenz (4n)+Lindau > Innsbruck (2n) > Winterthur (3n)+Konstanz > Zurich
2022
Oct – Verona (3n)+Sirmione > Padova (2n) > Abano Terme (1n) > Bologna (3n) + Ravenna > Orvieto (2n) + Civita di Bagnoregio > Firenze (4n) + Wine tours in Toscanna > Genova (4n) + Portofino > Milano (3n)
June — Lyon (4n)+ Pérouges > Dijon (3n)+Beaune+Burgundy wine tour > Colmar/Alsace (4n)+Strasbourg >> St Gallen/Appenzell (3n) > Bad Ragaz/Liechtenstein (3n) > St Moritz/Poschiavo (4n) > Thun (1n) via Glacial Express > Basel (3n)
2019
June — Bordeaux (3n) > Tours in Loire valley (3n) > Normandy – Mont St Michel (1n) > Bayeux > Caen (1n) > Étretat > Rouen (1n) > Paris (4n)
March — Auckland (2n) > South Island – Queenstown (2n) > Te Anau (2n) > Milford Sound > Lake Wanaka (2n) > Mt Cook village (1n) > Christchurch (3n) > Akaroa > Kaikoura > Blenheim (2n) > Sydney (6n)
2018
Oct — Andalucia – Malaga (2n) > Granada (2n) > Ronda (1n) > Pueblos Blancos > Cadiz (1n) > Seville (3n) > Cordoba > Madrid (6n) > Segovia > El Escorial > Amsterdam (3n)
June – Bern (2n) > Thun/Oberhofen > Interlaken (3n) > Jungfraujoch > Schilthorn > Zermatt (2n) > Lucerne (3n) > Mt Pilatus > Zurich (3n) > Rheinfalls > Schaffhausen
2017
Sept/Oct — Capri (2n) > Amalfi coast (6n) > Pompeii > Sorrento > Ravello > Florence (6n) > Siena > Cortona > Pisa > Cinque Terre > Lago Maggiore/Stresa (4n) > Isola Bella > Villa Taranto > Santa Caterina > Milan (2n)
2016
Aug — Tasmania/Launceston (2n) > St Helens > Freycinet (2n) > Tasman Arch > Hobart (3n) > Huon valley > Richmond Village > Melbourne (3n)
2015
Aug — Sydney > Blue Mountains > Great Ocean Road > 12 Apostles > Melbourne
2011
Sept — Prague (4n) > Karlsbad > Budapest (4n) > Paris (5n) > Giverny
2003
Sept — Vienna > Salzburg > Munich > Salzkammargut
June — Barcelona > Nice > St Paul de Vence > Cannes > Eze > Villafranche sur Mer
2002
July/Aug — Rome > Florence > Venice > Verona > Milan > Amsterdam