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Untourists of the Week: Elsa and Raymond Heald

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Alsace Amalfi Coast Andalusia Argentina Austria Barcelona Budapest Buenos Aires Canada Castle Czech Rep. Czech Republic Florence France Germany Greece Heartland Holland Hungary Istanbul Italy Leiden Nafplio Oberland Paris Prague Provence Quebec Rhine Rome Salzburg Spain Switzerland Ticino Turkey Tuscany Umbria Venice Vienna

March 21, 2013 by Mtaussig

Ray leaving old Chapel with 15th century fresco on Wanda’s farm in Umbria. (inset is their photo of the fresco inside) 1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent Untour. It was a dream vacation: 8 days on the Variety Voyager, the sleek 73-passenger yacht that put us ashore at the fabled ports…  


Vickie Kelber, Renaissance Woman

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September 17, 2012 by Mtaussig

Vickie Kelber, our Untourist of the week has to be, pound for pound, one of the top contenders for the best photographer/writer we have among our many, many talented Untourists. She does both of them fabulously. We’re all the more lucky, then, that she takes lots of pictures and usually writes a blog that she…  


Our Untourist of the Week, Doris M! (her Untours Cafe moniker)

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Alsace Andalusia Budapest Czech Rep. Czech Republic France Heartland Hungary Italy Prague Provence Spain Switzerland Ticino Tuscany Untourist of the Week Venice

July 30, 2012 by Mtaussig

This week’s Untourist of the Week, Doris Matick because of her lovely photos of Spain that you see in the slideshow below.  But when we asked her for her Untour impressions, she went all over the map. Which is not to say, she doesn’t love Spain.  Check out her wonderful blog post on UnTours Cafe,…  


Being turned into lovely mush….the spa culture of Budapest

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Budapest Hungary

May 2, 2012 by Mtaussig

The unforgettable Szechenyi public baths in Budapest The spa culture — going to a hot spring to relax —  has been in place in Budapest for millennia. The word spa is often said to derive from the Latin words “Sanitas Per Aquam” which means healing through water.  Located on the Danube, at the start of…  


Untourist of the week: Steve Savel

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February 20, 2012 by Mtaussig

Our Untourist of the Week is Steve Savel, who with his wife Karen have gone on 20 different UnTours.  We feature Steve during our France month, because they’ve gone to Alsace twice, but they really are the definitive Renaissance Untourists…they do it all! 1. “Tell us a little bit about your most recent Untour.” My…