Submitted by Top Places to See on Your European River Cruise Europe is filled with rivers darting in, out and alongside some of its most famous and beautiful cities. This sometimes makes rivers better than roads in order to get to and…
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Submitted by All families have holiday traditions, and our (office) family is no different. Most of us have been here 10 years or more, so we really are close. Our holiday office party includes a gag-gift exchange that often involves old prom…
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Submitted by Above: Cathrin (center, in black skirt) in the newsroom in East Berlin, circa 1989 Cathrin Baumbach has worked for Untours for over 10 years and runs our programs in Germany, Austria, Eastern Europe and Greece. Cathrin grew up in East…
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Submitted by 1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent Untour and why you chose to go there? My son and I did one week on the Rhine and one week at the Castle in Germany and one week in…
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Submitted by At last count, Germany has 39 UNESCO World Heritage Sites within its borders, making it one of the world’s top five countries for UNESCO-recognized riches. UNESCO stands for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Its mission, in brief, is…
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Submitted by 1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent Untour. This was the Swiss Oberland tour which offered and fulfilled the hope of covering points west and south that seemed a bit out of reach on our other Swiss…
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Submitted by Beer! photo courtesy of gina pina, via flickr.com cc Brewing goes back to Germanic tribes, and later to monks, so it follows a hallowed tradition. A trip to an atmospheric beer hall or garden is on many visitors’ to-do list…
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Submitted by It’s hard to imagine a classier guy than our own baron, Manfred von Crailsheim, owner of Schloss Sommersdorf, the centerpiece of our Castle Untour. Yes, the Baron opens his family’s 14th century castle and its beautiful grounds to our guests…
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Submitted by Photo by Untourist Ron Anderson As you may know, we had the inaugural Unny Awards just recently. These awards are our way of recognizing the regions which have welcomed Untours all these years. The Unnies are fun and lighthearted and…
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Submitted by 1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent Untour. We enjoyed the Bavarian Castle/Salzburg sampler. 2. Why did you choose to go there? We saw a bit of Bavaria and northern Austria of a bus tour in 2006…
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