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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…

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April 9, 2013 by Mtaussig

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….

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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…

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…

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September 17, 2012 by Mtaussig

Vickie Kelber, our UnTourist of the week has to be, pound for pound, one of the top contenders for the best photographer/writer we have among our many, many talented UnTourists. She does both of them fabulously. We’re all the more lucky, then, that she takes lots of pictures and usually writes a blog that she…

Castle Germany Rhine

August 29, 2012 by Mtaussig

Of all the variables you might find on the “cultural dashboard”, there is none more likely to spark a clash faster than the varying definitions of “clean” across cultures. The paradox is nearly every culture has strict rules about what is “clean” but in the complicated dance that is cross-cultural understanding, of course, the rules…

Michael & Hilda Cahn, Untourists of the Week: A Viking Cruise + an Untour

Germany Rhine Untourist of the Week

August 25, 2012 by Mtaussig

Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. We combined a Viking River Cruise (from Amsterdam to Basel) with a one week UnTour on the Rhine, in St. Goar. It really was a great combination. Our Viking Cruise was enjoyable, the times were well-organized and the excursions off the boat were interesting and…

Category Archives: Rhine

And the Unny winners are…

Here come the Unny Awards!

Untourist of the Week: Helen Dorangrichia, Grandmother Extraordinaire

Untourists of the Week: Elsa and Raymond Heald

Bruce and Marlene Bauman, Untourists of the Week

Dawna Warren and Jim Moore, Untourists of the Week

Untourists of the Week: Pat and Jack Cruser

Vickie Kelber, Renaissance Woman

What’s your definition of clean? Kehrwoche: a uniquely German cultural phenomena

Michael & Hilda Cahn, Untourists of the Week: A Viking Cruise + an Untour