Photo by UnTourist Thomas Buckhout You may or may not know that I am simply in love with timelapse videos of my favorite travel destinations. I actually didn’t know I was until I came across this one last year. Since then, I’ve been consuming them at an alarming rate. I thought you may be interested…
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Diane and Lawrence Brenner (Untourists of the Week) …the more Untours the merrier.
1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. This was our first UnTours adventure and we are already talking about another. We went to Florence, a Russian river cruise, Paris and Leiden. 2. Why did you choose to go there? Deo—where they stayed When we were in Florence in 1970, all the…
Provence Q&A with Sonia Ratcliffe
I was lucky enough to be able to interview our newest staff member, Sonia Ratcliffe. She is a travel nut and has spent a combined 18 months in France—two study abroad stints and a year teaching English, au pairing and working on a vineyard. Take a look at what she has to say about her…
Untourists of the Week: Patricia Arno and grandson Patrick do Paris
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1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. Paris was our destination, my 16 year old grandson, Patrick and I. I chose the Latin Quarter. Our apartment was near Notre Dame, a great location to begin his adventure. Merci Ives, for showing us the patisserie from where we started every morning. 2….
And the Unny winners are…
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Photo by UnTourist Ron Anderson As you may know, we had the inaugural Unny Awards just recently. These awards are our way of recognizing the regions which have welcomed UnTours all these years. The Unnies are fun and lighthearted and that’s how we like things around here. We like to think of them as the…
Here come the Unny Awards!
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Since I started working here way back in 2011, the UnTours regions have been calling on me to give them some attention. Actually, not just attention, but distinction. Now, I know they are all big enough to speak for themselves. They don’t need you to tell them they’re great; we all already know that. What…
Jay and Patricia Anderson, Untourists of the Week
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1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. Paris/Provence, September-October 2012. We are “going Dutch” in just three weeks, also! Gracieuse—where they stayed 2. Why did you choose to go there? Paris had always been on our must-see list. The opportunity to combine this with Provence was too good to pass by….
Ray and Lillian Nagle, Untourists of the Week, do a French triple play!
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1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. We chose to experience an UnTour Sampler of Provence and Paris with an added week in Alsace. In Provence, we stayed at Margaillon 1 near Le Thor. Then onto Paris to the Lescot apartment. We finished out our three weeks in France in Ribeauvillé…
James & Bridget Joy, Untourists of the Week: Alsace + Provence + Niece!
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1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. In September, 2010, Bridget and I and our niece Elizabeth Murphy went to Pernes-les-Fontaines in Provence for two weeks and drove to Ribeauvillé in Alsace for the wine harvest during the third week. 2. Why did you choose to go there? Our love of…
Untourists of the Week…Jim and LaNell celebrate their anniversary in Paris
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1. Tell us a little bit about your most recent UnTour. We spent 1 week in Vienna and 1 week in Paris. However, our most memorable was the month we stayed in Paris to celebrate our 50th anniversary. Truly outstanding trip 2. Why did you choose to go there? Vienna was always a place we…