Submitted by We receive lots of requests for support at the foundation. Most requests just aren’t green enough or don’t generate employment among vulnerable populations. And then there are those projects that we really do want to invest in, but they, too,…
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Submitted by 1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent Untour. Mary and I love Switzerland and Untours. Our most recent trip was in Aug/Sep 2010 to Hasliberg-Reuti in Switzerland. We spent 2 weeks at the Pollux apartment with its…
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Submitted by Under the Tuscan Sun is well-known as a book and a movie. In our recent poll, readers rated Under the Tuscan Sun, the movie, as one they’d like to hear more about, so we will review both, Under the Tuscan…
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Submitted by A while back we had a great Untours Cafe discussion about books set in Untour locations. Here were some of your observations: “Reading books prior to a trip is a must for us. Jay tends to read non-fiction of the…
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Submitted by This is the final of 6 posts in a series covering my 5 weeks in Greece, Istanbul and Italy. The other posts are linked at the bottom of this post. On a rather dreary Monday morning in early October I…
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Submitted by This is post number 5 of 6 in a series covering my 5 weeks in Greece, Istanbul and Italy. The other posts are linked at the bottom of this post. Florence has always been one of my favorite stops when…
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Submitted by This is post number 1 of 6 in a series covering my 5 weeks in Greece, Istanbul and Italy. The other posts are linked at the bottom of this post. What is an Italo-phile like me to do when planning…
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Submitted by A diagram of a hyperboloidal vault, Gaudi’s genius, La Sagrada Familia and other things in Barcelona way over our heads Barcelona is a city unique in all the world for many reasons, but it owes its celebrated singularity more to…
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Submitted by In 1832, Prince Wenzel von Metternich charged his personal chef with creating a dessert for a dinner for several distinguished guests. The chef pawned the job off on his 16 year old assistant, Franz Sacher…and the Sachertorte was born. Now,…
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Submitted by Photo by Sanderovski & Linda After each Untour, we ask our Untourists for feedback on their experience with us. This is important to us to make sure you had the best possible experience on your Untour and to give us…
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