Kent Davidson is a member of the Media Borough Council, the government body that passed the resolution in 2006 making Media, PA, the First Fair Trade Town in the US. Citizens of Media, including our own beloved Hal, have traveled to international Fair Trade events and cooperatives in the past, but Kent’s recent travels mark…
After every Untour, we ask our clients which aspects of their trip they would want to share with anyone thinking of traveling to that particular location. As finding a good place to eat is one of the toughest things to do when you’re in a foreign country, I’d like to share with you some of…
Right now. through June 1, one of the biggest celebration in the world, the Prague Beer Festival, is taking place. In an enormous tent, the size of a soccer field, seating 10,000, people from all over the world are celebrating the glorious history of this fabled fermented beverage, It’s probably a bit too late to…
Photo credit: zolakoma While Budapest proper offers a veritable bevy of things to do, see and eat, sometimes you just want to see what else is out there – not because you’ve seen all the city has to offer, but just because you don’t want to travel halfway around the world and feel like you…
Bob Seiwell is forever shaking his head while smiling as he sits at UnTours Foundation board meetings. It’s not that we don’t follow the law, it’s more that Hal is guided by an internal compass while the law is something that just doen’t enter his mind — ever! Many of us are inspired to follow…
Pat and Roger apologise that the pictures don’t really show them (that’s Pat on the right and Roger on the left.) They say that when they travel, they’re so interested in what they are seeing, they rarely take pictures of one another. Also, Roger says, that as an architect, he takes way too many pictures…
Photo credit: Donald Judge (license) While it may not have the hyper high fashion feel of Paris or Milan, Prague does have some great shopping options for those of you who love to ship boxes full of goodies home from your trip or challenge yourself with fitting just one (or six!) more souvenir in your…
One could hardly be blamed for thinking that Oberammergau, in Germany is the oldest Passion Play in the world. It is certainly the most famous. But, tucked away in a beautiful little village on the Bavarian-Tyrolean border is one that is much older. This year is its 400th year. The village of Erl, with fewer…
Jim and Kathy Snyder went to Prague, Budapest and Vienna in 2011. Here are their impressions. Tell us a little bit about your most recent Untour. We went to all three cities and they were all great in their own way. Prague highlights were The Charles Bridge (We could walk there in five minutes from…
Former UnTours staff member, Fran Douglas, is the peanut butter between Foundation donors Chris Noble and Chris Farrow-Noble. They are in front of our “upside-down” world map. ……..do you even want to visit your travel company? And where else does your travel staff person come out of retirement to greet and hug you? Only at…