Our UnTourists of the Week, Andrew & Diana Stevens mentioned some of the more unforgettable aspects of their latest UnTour, including the glories of walking (“The Walk of the Gods” is an unforgettable one) the allure of the ubiquitous lemon orchards, We’ve curated a few gems from the internet to illustrate what the Stevens were…
1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. Our most recent UnTour took us to the village of Amalfi on the Amalfi Coast. This vacation spot provided us with an unexpected mixture of local/tourist, hustle/serenity, activity/rest and nature/architecture. Our apartment faced the sea but the traffic circle, complete with bus stops, was…
This week’s Monday Memory is from UnTourist Linda Bonin. During our second two week stay in Paris, we stumbled upon this lovely passage while observing large groups of people wander through its entrance. After viewing the passage with hordes of others, we returned early the following morning to capture this shot of an empty Princess…
In addition to lots of good things, like children going to school and land farmed sustainably, Fair Trade requires Fair Trade importers to pay farmers a “premium” at the end of the growing season. Fair Trade farmers then decide as a community how to spend the premium often investing in schools and health clinics. Here’s…
1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. Our first week was a return to Venice, staying in the same apartment as on a prior UnTour vacation so we knew beforehand where to shop, eat, pick up the vaparetto, and how to enjoy the special ambience and memorable sights of that ancient…
This week’s Monday Memory is from our very own Elizabeth Killough, UnTours Foundation manager. Traveling may be dangerous to your figure or self esteem. At not quite 4 years old, I was in Sorrento, Maine, with my family at the town dock. We were visiting relatives and delivering a boat to them that my dad…
We are delighted—or perhaps re-lighted!—to be invested in One Degree Solar, producers of “BrightBox,” the best solar light and small appliance recharger we have yet seen. Most solar light brands last only until the first part on them breaks. Replacement parts, including bulbs, are especially hard to find in low wealth communities, where these lights…
1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. We went to Buenos Aires in 2010. Our dollars went very far in Argentina and we had some spectacular meals at great restaurants for one third to one half of what they would cost in the States. There was a very small time change…
This week’s Monday Memory is from UnTourists Margaret and Pete Haggart. In 2007, we visited Vienna for a week as an add-on to our two weeks in the Heartland of Switzerland. I taught film history for many decades at the University of Idaho and Vienna provided an opportunity to get my picture taken in front…
Well, actually, just a few paragraphs are. Our friends at SosteNica featured the UnTours Foundation and me in their fall newsletter. Find us on pages 2 & 3. SosteNica supports beautiful, green development in Nicaragua. I was recently at their office in West Chester, PA, which is affordably in the home of SosteNica’s president, Alan…