1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. My most recent trip was to Tuscany, specifically to Le Chiuse and Montalcino. I have been back to this location twice as Lorenzo is such a lovely host, the vineyard is so beautiful, and the little village is such a wonderful place to wander…
Photo courtesy of North Durham Rotary Club The current focus areas of The Rotary Foundation are a close fit to the principles of Fair Trade. Rotary’s foci are the following: Promoting peace Fighting disease Providing clean water Saving mothers and children Supporting education Growing local economies The principles and rules of Fair Trade are simply…
The Dewoodys family are a lovely snapshot of the kind of family experience UnTouring together can offer. Check back tomorrow, October 30th for more of their wonderful pictures, as part of the final slideshow on Kids & Grandkids in Switzerland. 1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour and why you chose…
This week’s Monday Memory is the second (here’s the first) from UnTourists Eleanor and Bill Kover. The first time we saw Paris was in 1973. Eleanor was 29 and I was 28. Our hotel, Etoile Park, was on 10 Avenue MacMahon, just down the street from the Arc de Triomphe. After 35 years we were…
We find it particularly delightful that Susan started travelling on UnTours in the 80’s with her parents, and has continued on her own. Tomorrow, we continue celebrating the UnTour habit, as it gets passed down the generations with another slideshow celebrating kids, their parents and their grandparents, on UnTours. 1. Tell us a little bit…
This week’s Monday Memory is from UnTourist Laura Morris. We did a two-week UnTour in Andalusia in May 2013 with two friends. It was wonderful. We stayed with Maria in a marvelous 4-bedroom house in the middle of an olive grove outside Fuente Tojar. The one mistake we made was thinking we would be able…
So, what does one of Hal’s employees do on her day off in New York City? What else? Bike riding! And what better place than Central Park. (Yes, I should have worn a helmet, and didn’t learn till after my ride that a helmet came with my rental.) And what else did I do? Took…
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…
This week’s Monday Memory is from UnTours staffer and mezzo-soprano extraordinaire Ellen Peters. In 1984, I was a 14 year old brat who insisted on hating opera. My dad enjoyed it and therefore it was just not cool. That year I was accepted into All-State Chorus in NJ. The grand finale of the concert was…
Witness to Innocence (WTI), which received a bridge loan from our foundation last year, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. WTI empowers death row survivors, whose convictions have been overturned, and their loved ones to be effective leaders in abolishing the death penalty. I attended WTI anniversary festivities this week meeting the fiery, feisty, fearless,…