For many, Holland calls a distinct picture to the mind’s eye of a legendary little boy with his finger thrust bravely into a hole in the dike, determined to save the sleeping village. Along the edge of the dike there are cheerful tulips, and a windmill turns its sails on the horizon. Look, the boy’s…
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Untourists of the Week: Nancy and Thomas Witom, in Leiden
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1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. We spent two weeks (May 7-22, 2013) on the Holland UnTour. We were in the Frans Hals apartment in Leiden. Leiden is an ideal place to stay: a beautiful university town that didn’t feel the least bit touristy. Wonderful museums, too. 2. Why did…
Diane and Lawrence Brenner (Untourists of the Week) …the more Untours the merrier.
1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. This was our first UnTours adventure and we are already talking about another. We went to Florence, a Russian river cruise, Paris and Leiden. 2. Why did you choose to go there? Deo—where they stayed When we were in Florence in 1970, all the…
And the Unny winners are…
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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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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…
Eileen & Carl Evers, Untourists of the Week “not-on-our-radar” Holland…unforgettable!”
1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. Carl and I and two dear friends had a marvelous experience in April in Leiden, the Netherlands. We loved the country and our UnTours guides for the week. As was our experience with our last UnTours to Tuscany and Rome, we were met at…
Monday Memories: Running into a friend in Amsterdam
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Good Monday to you! Today is the first in a new series of posts around here we’re calling Monday Memories. These posts will be very short and sweet: nothing but a fun, memorable travel pic and a brief description of it. We all have fond memories of our travels and I thought it would be…
Untourists of the Week: Robert Farkas & Barbara Mellerski-Farkas
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Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour and why you chose that particular destination? Our last UnTour experience took us to Atrani on the Amalfi Coast for two weeks and then for another two weeks to Locarno, Switzerland to enjoy the beautiful Ticino Region. Both areas suited our needs to for a…
Untourist of the Week: Helen Dorangrichia, Grandmother Extraordinaire
A note from Helen: The family pix do not include me since I was the photographer. I am looking forward to a Swiss UnTour with a friend in August of 2013 and another visit to Kandersteg with grandsons in 2014. UnTours does it right!!! 1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour….
Untourists of the Week: Elsa and Raymond Heald
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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…