Photo by Tom Coppen cc On the eve of World Water Day in March, the UN announced that there are more cell phones on this planet than toilets. Over one third of the world’s people have no toilets. Many of those who do, live where their sanitation “systems” go directly into rivers and oceans. When…
We keep our UnTours Foundation board members busy in an effort to keep them out of trouble! Victor Mallet and Bill Wiedmann are working hard on our behalf selling pickles. The Philadelphia Inquirer found this all quite interesting. Read all about it! And watch a video (after a short ad) that includes a song about…
1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. Our most recent UnTour was at the Hastalska apartment in the Jewish Quarter in Prague. This was a great location for exploring the city both on foot and by public transportation. The apartment was delightful, well furnished and equipped, and we enjoyed the small…
When I met Norma Taussig 17 years ago, we bonded over Women Who Run With the Wolves, a powerful book about the female psyche written by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. That connection led to the title of a poem I wrote for Norma’s 75th birthday. And here we are, about to celebrate Norma’s 90th birthday on…
1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. Our most recent trip was our 10th UnTour. Of these, it was our 8th UnTour to Switzerland and our 7th to stay in Meiringen. As usual we did some of our favorite hikes: Grandmother’s Walk; Grandfather’s Walk; Giessbach Falls to Iseltwald; Brunig Pass to…
One of our UnTours Foundation loan recipients, Tosheka Designs, is hoping to raise funds this month through Kickstarter, a website that has helped raise over $500 million for 40,000 projects. Kickstarter accepts – or not – your request to fund your art, technology, or perhaps social justice project. It then posts the request for all…
The sun is shining on our guests in Amalfi this week. It is a lovely spring on Italy’s most gorgeous stretch of coastline. Our Amalfi Coast UnTour is in full swing. Guests fill cafe tables on the piazza and soak up sun on their terraces. It is stark contrast to my trip in January. Why…
April 22nd, the actual 20th anniversary of the UnTours Foundation, was another great day at the office. How perfect for the foundation and Hal that the anniversary was also Earth Day. My day began with a call from the SosteNica staff singing “Happy Birthday, UnTours Foundation” to me. And I get paid for this!! Then,…
1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. We visited Venice for the 5th time, the 3rd time with UnTours. We had a great apartment in the non tourist section of Venice. There were excellent eating places near by, close to the vaporetto stops. 2. Why did you choose to go there?…
Today, as much of the world celebrates Earth Day, we here in Media, PA, are also celebrating the 20th anniversary of the UnTours Foundation. Hooray! As you may know, the UnTours Foundation was founded by Hal & Norma Taussig, with the goal of creating “change, not charity.” They took the after-tax profits of UnTours and…