Submitted by What to do with a free afternoon in the pretty lakeside village of Sachseln? That’s the question I was confronted with recently, after a morning of apartment visits in nearby Lungern and Meiringen. Black clouds were threatening rain as I…
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Submitted by I don’t know much about whisky. At a tasting at a tiny Speyside distillery in the north of Scotland, I was glad I didn’t have to report on lingering sherry notes or hints of burnt licorice. The smoky peat…
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Submitted by It was a perfect day for a trip to the Isle of Skye, one of the best day trips in the Scottish Highlands. Cool temperatures, no rain in the forecast and a nearly cloudless sky. I had an ambitious itinerary…
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Submitted by Picture: Restoring a portion of the Pacific Crest Trail near Portland, OR during the 2015 B Corporation Champions Retreat. What is a B Corporation? You may have seen the logo in our catalog or on our website and wondered…
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Submitted by This piece originally ran in our Untours Quarterly newsletter. (You can sign up for all of our newsletters here.) We got a lot of interesting comments from readers. We’ve included the best of them at the bottom of my post….
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Submitted by Friendly dogs and sandy beaches aren’t the first things that come to mind for me when I think of Nafplio and our Greek Untour. My 14-year-old daughter opened my eyes to new sides of this lovely seaside town when we visited…
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Submitted by How many members of the Swiss team do you recognize?Extra credit if you can name the three current staff members not pictured! The sun and gray clouds were battling it out as I boarded the train to Lucerne from Meiringen…
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