Amy & Laurie are sisters who travel together a lot. The photo is of Amy and the words are Laurie’s. 1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. Our most recent trip was to Provence, though we’ve been there twice and cannot wait to return for a third time! This is one…
Photo by Doug Wertman cc Here is a question we posed to you along with some of your answers. If the UnTours Foundation was your best friend, what would you give it for its 20th anniversary (this April 22nd)? ► Tell us here ◄ The world’s most comfortable shoes, lightest and best binoculars, apps for…
A note from Helen: The family pix do not include me since I was the photographer. I am looking forward to a Swiss UnTour with a friend in August of 2013 and another visit to Kandersteg with grandsons in 2014. UnTours does it right!!! 1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour….
It’s the UnTours Foundation’s 20th anniversary on April 22nd. Yeah!! You didn’t hear about our 1st or 10th anniversaries not because we didn’t have a Blog then, but because Hal kept the foundation a secret. Well, sort of. He just didn’t think you’d necessarily be interested. Hal was busy at that time putting his salary…
1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. Our lastest UnTour was to Paris last spring. We stayed in the Daguerre (sp) apt for two weeks and loved it! The street market around the corner was wonderful and we enjoyed shopping for great things to eat each day. The metro stop was…
When foundation board member Bill Wiedmann isn’t working on our behalf or eating tons of veggies from his garden with his family, (his lovely wife, Claire, took this photo), he’s co-directing his Fair Trade company, Singing Dog Vanilla. If you thought vanilla was an insignificant teaspoon in a recipe, you haven’t had really great vanilla….
1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. Last September we made a return visit to Paris. We stayed far away from the tourist areas and enjoyed a real Parisian neighborhood. Instead of vendors hawking trinkets we shopped in neighborhood stores and watched children playing and people going about their daily tasks….
Our guest Blogger this week is Suzanne Cotter, who’s promoting the Fair Trade Federation‘s May conference in Raleigh. We are great fans of the Fair Trade Federation and the integrity it brings to the Fair Trade movement. Here’s Suzanne………. Interested in Dedicated Fair Trade Businesses? Across the US and Canada, lots of dedicated, holistic fair…
Ray leaving old Chapel with 15th century fresco on Wanda’s farm in Umbria. (inset is their photo of the fresco inside) 1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. It was a dream vacation: 8 days on the Variety Voyager, the sleek 73-passenger yacht that put us ashore at the fabled ports…
Photo by Nicola cc I came across TravelNerd last week by way of my favorite travel tech website, Tnooz. As Tnooz stated, “TravelNerd is a much needed application for travelers.” And, unlike my last post, you don’t need a smartphone to use it (although you could download the iPhone app). So, how does TravelNerd make…