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Author: Special Guest

Semifreddo recipe
Submitted by Special Guest
on September 10, 2020 under Food and DrinkItalyRecipes & CookingTuscany

Cool Italian Classic: Tracy’s Semifreddo Recipe

Semifreddo is Italian for half-cold, and it is a favorite traditional dessert for warm weather. This is one of the dishes Tracy has taught in her online cooking classes, live from her kitchen in Tuscany. This recipe uses crunchy Torrone…

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Ireland ER
Submitted by Special Guest
on August 24, 2020 under Ireland

Murphy’s Law: Don’t Let Kidney Stones Ruin Your Irish Untour

In June of 2019 my cousin, Michelle, and I traveled to Ireland with Untours. We thoroughly enjoyed our apartment, the pubs, restaurants, and shops in the town of Kenmare. The trip started with my luggage not arriving, but that was…

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Swiss geneology
Submitted by Special Guest
on August 5, 2020 under Family travelHeartlandOberlandSwitzerland

Vickie Kelber’s Swiss Family Encounters

Vickie Kelber is a faithful Untouris alum and a contributor to the Untours blog. She recently shared these memories from Switzerland. My husband and I have traveled to Switzerland more times than we can remember! Many of our trips have…

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Mushoom risotto
Submitted by Special Guest
on July 20, 2020 under Food and DrinkItalyTuscany

Cooking with Tracy: Mushroom Risotto Recipe

Come to our virtual Tuscany kitchen! Cooking with Tracy is one of our new Untours at Home virtual experiences! Done live from Tuscany over Zoom, our Tuscany Untour host Tracy is teaching some of the classics. Here is her recipe for mushroom risotto,…

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Submitted by Special Guest
on June 14, 2020 under Alsace

Return to Rouhling, France: A WWII Reunion

Untourist and Untours Foundation supporter Jerry Nolan recently shared this touching story with us, about his memories of WWII and his return to France to reconnect with a French family he befriended. In October of 1944 the U.S. army shipped…

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Margraten
Submitted by Special Guest
on May 26, 2020 under HollandLeiden

In Holland, A Moving Tradition to Honor Fallen American Soldiers

Normally Memorial Day is an important day at the American war cemetery in Margraten, in the south of the Netherlands. For decades, the soldiers resting here, fallen in WWII, have been adopted by locals. It’s considered a duty and an…

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Amsterdam in COVID-19 era
Submitted by Special Guest
on April 6, 2020 under Holland

Dispatch From Amsterdam in the Corona Era

Updates and check-ins continue to pour in from Untours staff in Europe. Here is the latest from the Netherlands, an update from Edmund, our colleague and friend in Amsterdam. Amsterdam today reminds me of Sunday mornings a long, long time…

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Scotland apartment stay
Submitted by Special Guest
on March 23, 2020 under Scotland

Duncan on Deep Traditions in the Scottish Highlands

Duncan MacKellar is our on-site host for the Scottish Highlands Untour. Last year he shared some insights into the deep traditions of his region. To understand the traditions and culture of a nation, you have to look at the people…

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Update from Florence Red Zone
Submitted by Special Guest
on March 14, 2020 under FlorenceItaly

Dispatch from Florence (in the Times of Coronavirus)

Our colleague Helen Glave, Untours on-site staff in Florence, shared this update with us this week from Florence, where residents are under Red Zone restrictions to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Italy. It was really lovely to get your…

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Untours love story
Submitted by Special Guest
on March 5, 2020 under Switzerland

A Post-War Reunion in Switzerland

This story is written by Untourist and Untours Foundation supporter Peter Mullen. When Christine and I got off the train at Sarnen in central Switzerland, we were warmly greeted by the Untours host family, whom we would spend the next several…

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