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And the Unny winners are…

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!

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…

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…

Family travel Heartland Oberland Switzerland Ticino UnTourist Stories

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…

Heartland Music Oberland Switzerland UnTourist Stories

August 6, 2013 by Mtaussig

Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour and why you chose that particular destination? It was a delayed honeymoon for us. I love Switzerland and this was my 7th trip but the 1st for my husband, David. I really wanted to go while our legs and knees “worked!” Why did you choose…

Heartland Oberland Switzerland UnTourist Stories

July 30, 2013 by Mtaussig

Bob & Doris Miller are some of our most active members in the UnTourist community (even though, in their nineties, they say their European wanderings are behind them.) In the years between 1994 and 2007, they regularly led trips of their hiking Club to Switzerland. Bob still contributes regularly and enthusiastically to Idyllchat, our email…

Harold & Ruthie McLeod: Untourists of the Week

Heartland Oberland Switzerland UnTourist Stories

May 7, 2013 by Mtaussig

1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. Our most recent trip was our 10th UnTour. Of these, it was our 8th UnTour to Switzerland and our 7th to stay in Meiringen. As usual we did some of our favorite hikes: Grandmother’s Walk; Grandfather’s Walk; Giessbach Falls to Iseltwald; Brunig Pass to…

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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…

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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…

Untourists of the Week: Brian and Jan Cooley

Heartland Oberland Switzerland UnTourist Stories

December 17, 2012 by Mtaussig

Brian and Jan, the ultimate pros for the Swiss Heartland, on one of their many train trips throughout Switzerland. Brian and Jan nearly always stay at the Buetikofer chalet up on the Hasliberg in the village of Reuti on their Swiss UnTours. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. Our favorite…

Category Archives: Oberland

And the Unny winners are…

Here come the Unny Awards!

The Rigi Summit

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

Untourists of the Week: Cherie & David Fleenor

Robert & Doris Miller, Untourists of the Week

Harold & Ruthie McLeod: Untourists of the Week

Untourists of the Week: Elsa and Raymond Heald

Bruce and Marlene Bauman, Untourists of the Week

Untourists of the Week: Brian and Jan Cooley