Kurt and Jean Struckmeyer have been on five UnTours. (Alsace, Quebec, Andalusia, Holland, Tuscany). Four of their five UnTours have been with their very good friends, the McKinneys. Tell us a little bit about your Québec Tour. Our Québec UnTour in 2009 was one of our favorites. We traveled with our good friends, Jill and…
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Untourists of the Week: Tom & Pat Low
Tom and Pat Low, our UnTourist of the week, have been on 15 UnTours! The latest was Quebec in 2011. 1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. We just loved staying on the Rue de St. Jean. It’s the main shopping street and so lively. We loved going to the park…
Untourists of the Week: Don & Deby Elliott (again!) bicyclists extraordinaire
Don and Deby Elliott were our UnTourists of the week last Monday. When we saw all the amazing photos that they’d sent (unsolicited, from their Iphone, back las summer during their trip) we decided we’d just have to do two postings on the Elliotts. So the last week’s was a general overview of their trip,…
Untourists of the Week: Don & Deby Elliott
Don and Deby Elliott took their very first UnTour, to Quebec, in 2011. How did it go? We think Don’s quote, when he sent us the pictures from his Iphone, says it best: “It’s tough looking at the pictures and not being there. That’s when you know you had a good vacation!’ 1.”Tell us a…
Untourist of the Week: Barbara Cheesman aka Francophile & Co.
1.”Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour.” It was back to Provence yet another time! Having explored much of France over the years, my husband Jerry and I,or my two Francophile friends, Lorraine, Marcia, and I, have returned to Provence to the same apartment (Gamet 2) in St. Didier annually since 2005…
Untourist of the week: Steve Savel
Our UnTourist of the Week is Steve Savel, who with his wife Karen have gone on 20 different UnTours. We feature Steve during our France month, because they’ve gone to Alsace twice, but they really are the definitive Renaissance UnTourists…they do it all! 1. “Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour.” My…
Untourist of the week: Ron Redman
1.”Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour.” Our most recent UnTours trip was two weeks in Alsace last May/June. It was our fourth UnTours, the others being Provence, Andalusia, and Umbria, in that order over the past few years. Each trip was two weeks. They were all marvelous. We selected Alsace with…
Untourist of the Week: Bill Parnell
1 and 2. We asked Bill two questions:”Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour.” and “What is your favorite UnTours memory?” and here’s his answer: Late in October 2009, we took an Air France flight out of Dulles to Paris. My wife needs assistance in walking, so we were placed on the…
Untourist of the Week: Metha Hillard
Each Monday, The UnTourist interviews an UnTourist of the Week and features the discussion for your enjoyment. This week’s UnTourist is Metha Hillard, who has been on 17 UnTours. We hope you enjoy her story. Thanks, Metha! Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. In the spring of 2011, after a stay…