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…
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A Cultural Dashboard: figuring out where you’ve landed, in Germany, or elsewhere
To build a “roadmap for a culture” that is useful for the UnTourist about to go on a German UnTour (or any of our destinations outside the US) is a tricky thing. It is all too easy to stray into stereotypes and oversimplification, especially when we’re way outside our own culture. Things look deceptively simple…
Jim & Meg Griffin: Rhine Untourists of the Week
Nothing quite whets the appetite for a trip more than memories of a gorgeous cafe with a gorgeous view. Thanks to Jim and Meg for these great pictures, and their great memories of their Rhine UnTour, which in turn was a way for them to relive the time they lived in Germany. Tell us a…
Germany: A Roadmap for a Culture
The first Wednesday of the month, the UnTours Blog will give you an overview of a culture in an UnTour destination. Think of it as a bird’s eye view, or a roadmap to the places you’ll visit on your UnTour. Generalizations about people are usually a bad idea. There are some generalizations about cultures, however, …