Submitted by 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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Submitted by 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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Submitted by 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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Submitted by 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 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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Submitted by 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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Submitted by 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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Submitted by 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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Submitted by 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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Submitted by 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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