Delores Lazerson and Suzanne Rivchun grew up in New York and moved to Atlanta, Georgia to pursue career opportunities. Delores is married with two adult children. She and her husband, Dr. Allen Lazerson, lived in Marietta for forty years and recently semi-retired to Sarasota, Florida. Delores’s lust for travel was instilled by her parents. Each year her parents would pick a city and they would spend several days exploring points of interest, visiting museums, and experiencing the local cuisine.
Suzanne moved to Marietta 45 years ago to pursue a teaching career and soon after obtained a doctor ate in Chiropractic. Suzanne married David Lieberman in 2008 and became an instant stepmother and grand mother. Suzanne discovered her passion for travel after spending several months traveling throughout Mexico on her own after she completed undergraduate school. She then made it her mission to follow her passion and continue traveling.
Delores and Suzanne met several years back through their husbands and instantly became good friends. Discovering that they both shared a love of adventurous travel, good food, wine and a love of different cultures, especially the Italian culture, they planned a three-week trip to Tuscany and Umbria, visiting multiple villages and towns where communities had thrived for many millennia.
While on their quest to learn about Italian history, they met with many locals and visited towns, churches and synagogues throughout the regions. Both were inspired by what they learned and shared this while conducting an Italian cooking class at their synagogue, Congregation Etz Chaim. This was the start of DnS Boutique Travels, LLC.
Having semi-retired from successful careers and other business ventures, they combined their talents, travel planning experiences, business development and organizational skills and then formed DnS Boutique Travels and began bringing those interested to Tuscany, Italy.
Guests will tour many hilltop towns, villages and UNESCO tourist sights scattered throughout the Tuscan and Umbrian Regions. Many of these towns are Tufa towns built by the ancient Etruscans.
DnS Boutique Travels tours during the cool spring and fall months. “During the spring, the hills are green and covered with poppy fields, and fragrant and fresh vegetables are abundant,” says Delores. Suzanne adds, “During the fall, the same hills are golden, and they are bountiful with olives, saffron, and grapes.” Both seasons provide our travelers with wonderful produce used during their cooking lessons with local chefs.” Classes are conducted near olive groves and vineyards and on family farms. Following the lessons, guests enjoy the foods they just prepared. Meals are always accompanied by varieties of local wines.
Tours include farmhouse accommodations, private group ground transportation, all meals, activities, and centralized pick-up and drop-off in Florence.
The duo likes to conduct small group tours on how they like to travel. “We immerse our guests in the culture, foods, and wines of the region.”
The next tour will be October 21-29, 2023. For more information, visit www.dnsboutiquetravels.com or email dnsboutiquetravels@gmail.com.
