Photo by Beth Scupham cc Hal is all about getting to know others and their cultures for the sheer fun of it and also so that we have more incentive and understanding to live peacefully. Hence, the idea behind UnTours. UnTourist Glenn Marshall sent me the short clip below about an exemplary world citizen, who’s…
Sometimes we like to vary the format of the UnTourist of the Week. When we asked Emily Kauppi if she’d like to be featured on our blog, she replied” “You undoubtedly don’t remember, but we met MANY years ago. My first Swiss UnTour was 1986. One of my priorities this UnTour is to write Hal,…
Sue Baker, one of our top Media staffers, shares her memory of this pic… It was the spring of 1970. My husband Dave and I took an overnight military personnel train from Frankfurt to Berlin and were stopped at the border in the middle of the night to have dogs check under the train. That…
Atlanta Airport security line, photo courtesy of hyku, via flickr.com cc You can keep your shoes on! Or at least you may soon be able to. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently announced plans to expand its PreCheck program. This initiative is designed to pre-screen low risk travelers who fly frequently and streamline their security…
Today, Gale and Rick will tell you the story of their Venice UnTour…and tomorrow we’ll let their pictures do the talking. 1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. We had a great time in Venice! The Rezzonico apartment was lovely and the location could not have been better. …
We receive lots of requests for support at the foundation. Most requests just aren’t green enough or don’t generate employment among vulnerable populations. And then there are those projects that we really do want to invest in, but they, too, don’t quite fit our model. One was a film called “Future Weather” by Jenny Deller….
Jim & Dawna are celebrating their 25th anniversary next year and UnTours is proud to be helping them to gather family and friends in Siena, Italy for the occasion. They’ll be occasional guest bloggers this year, letting us eavesdrop on the challenges and delights of organizing a “big trip.” This is their second post so…
Today and tomorrow, we feature a little variation on the UnTourist of the Week theme. Jim Moore and Dawna Warren were featured on this blog earlier this year. (And can offer only these quite blurry photos of themselves. Their excuse? They say they are too busy appreciating where they are to get better photos of…
Good Monday to you! Today is the first in a new series of posts around here we’re calling Monday Memories. These posts will be very short and sweet: nothing but a fun, memorable travel pic and a brief description of it. We all have fond memories of our travels and I thought it would be…