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James and Susan Bach (Untourists of the Week), passing the Untour habit down the family line

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Heartland Italy Switzerland Ticino Tuscany Untourist of the Week

April 3, 2014 by Mtaussig

1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent Untour. Ticino Region. We haven’t departed yet but are equally excited to go in less than three weeks. 2. Why did you choose to go there? We have researched the area for places and things to experience in conjunction with the UnTours On-site Guide Book…  


Russell & Barbara Crum, Renaissance Untourists of the Week (Umbria..Switzerland and Austria!)

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Austria Italy Salzburg Switzerland Ticino Umbria Untourist of the Week

March 26, 2014 by Mtaussig

1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent Untour. Our most recent Untour was to Kuchl, Austria in May 2012. We chose the Seiwald apartment for two weeks. We found this to be a charming small town to base in with great scenery. It was interesting to sit on our balcony and watch…  


And the Unny winners are…

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March 3, 2014 by Nickfortunatus

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 that’s how we like things around here. We like to think of them as the…  


Here come the Unny Awards!

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Alsace Amalfi Coast Andalusia Argentina Austria Barcelona Budapest Buenos Aires Canada Castle Czech Rep. 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

February 23, 2014 by Nickfortunatus

Since I started working here way back in 2011, the UnTours regions have been calling on me to give them some attention. Actually, not just attention, but distinction. Now, I know they are all big enough to speak for themselves. They don’t need you to tell them they’re great; we all already know that. What…  


The Rigi Summit

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Heartland Oberland Switzerland Ticino

January 6, 2014 by Brian Taussig-Lux

How many members of the Swiss team do you recognize?Extra credit if you can name the three current staff members not pictured! The sun and gray clouds were battling it out as I boarded the train to Lucerne from Meiringen on October 20. After winding up the mountain to the Bruenig Pass, my colleague Margrit…  


Untourist of the Week: Janet Dieman, another amazing Untourist grandmother

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Family travel Heartland Oberland Switzerland Ticino Untourist of the Week

October 15, 2013 by Mtaussig

We asked Janet Dieman to be an Untourist of the Week. Her creative answer to the questions—Tell us about your last Untour? Why did you go there? What’s your favorite Untour memory? What three words best describe UnTours?—are  below. We’re not sure it’s ever been so poetically stated.  Rather than telling you about my most…  


Untourists of the Week: Elsa and Raymond Heald

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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…  


Bruce and Marlene Bauman, Untourists of the Week

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France Germany Heartland Italy Oberland Provence Rhine Switzerland Ticino Tuscany Umbria Untourist of the Week

February 19, 2013 by Mtaussig

Bruce and Marlene have been travelling with us since 19Elizabethkillough: Swiss Heartland six times, Swiss Oberland four times, Tuscany, the Rhine and Provence last year. They are booked to go back to Swiss Heartland and Oberland this year! Tell us a little bit about your most recent Untour. We took a Viking ship down the…  


Dawna Warren and Jim Moore, Untourists of the Week

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January 29, 2013 by Mtaussig

Dawna and Jim have taken UnTours to Tuscany (1999), Swiss Heartland (2000), Umbria (2002), Greece (2005), Tuscany (2008), Swiss Ticino (2008), Rhine and Holland (2010), Provence (2012) and Alsace (2012). In this picture, they are walking in Greece. Tell us a little bit about your most recent Untour. Our all-France visit. Two weeks in St….  


Untourists of the Week: Pat and Jack Cruser

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December 12, 2012 by Mtaussig

Tell us a little bit about your most recent Untour? When Marilee asked me some questions about our experiences with UnTours, the review of memories turned out to be fun for the most part, funny in some aspects, and always enlightening.  A bit of background:  we have completed 19 UnTours, with the 20th to be…