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Author: Brian Taussig-Lux

Claudia Prieler duringCherry Blossom season in Vienna
Submitted by Brian Taussig-Lux
on January 11, 2023 under UnTours StaffVienna

Remembering Claudia Prieler, Vienna Will Never Be The Same Without You

At the end of October 2022, we got the sad news that our long-time Vienna colleague, Claudia Prieler, had passed away. Claudia helped us start the Vienna UnTour in the late 1980s, making her our longest continually active UnTours representative….

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Submitted by Brian Taussig-Lux
on June 25, 2021 under HeartlandOberlandSwitzerland

Remembering Albert Greutert

On June 11, Untours lost its long-time friend and colleague in Switzerland, Albert Greutert. Albert and his wife Berit were apartment hosts from the earliest years of Untours in the 1970s. Berit, Albert’s vivacious wife, was one of our earliest…

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Submitted by Brian Taussig-Lux
on January 2, 2020 under HeartlandOberlandSwitzerland

Celebrating Swiss Untour staffer Margrit Winterberger

Untours Swiss staff person Margrit Winterberger celebrated her retirement at the end of our 2019 season. Untours president Brian Taussig-Lux joined her and other Swiss colleagues past and present for a retirement celebration this past fall. A tribute to Margrit…

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Submitted by Brian Taussig-Lux
on November 12, 2019 under Travel TipsTrip planning

12 Tips for Accessing Money in Europe

Maybe you have saved up for your Untour. Surely you have shopped for the best airfare or used our services to help save you money. Everyone wants to stretch their travel dollar. Now how do you access money from Europe…

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Well crafted travel
Submitted by Brian Taussig-Lux
on September 5, 2019 under Barcelona

Building a Basilica: Notes from our President

How long does it take to build a basilica? On a recent trip to Barcelona, I learned that the Sagrada Familia Basilica is scheduled for completion in 2026, 144 years after construction began and 100 years after the death of…

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Sachseln, Switzerland, Swiss Untour
Submitted by Brian Taussig-Lux
on June 11, 2019 under HeartlandHiking and WalkingNatureSwitzerland

In the Footsteps of the Hermit: A Sachseln Pilgrimage

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 Brian Taussig-Lux
on August 29, 2017 under Scotland

A Human Way to Do Business

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 Brian Taussig-Lux
on June 20, 2017 under Scotland

Journey to the Isle of Skye, Scottish Highlands

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 Brian Taussig-Lux
on December 15, 2015 under Untours Foundation

What is a B Corp?

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 Brian Taussig-Lux
on March 9, 2015 under AustriaSalzburg

The Sound of Music and Changes of Heart (with reader comments)

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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