Last week, I shared some of our clients’ feedback with you, in regards to their top restaurant recommendations in Budapest. Since I’ve gotten some good feedback on those suggestions, I’d like to share with you some of the restaurant recommendations we’ve received from 2011’s Prague UnTourists. Bon appétit! Or, as they say in Prague, “dobrou…
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Untourists of the Week: Mary Ellen and Larry Goldfarb
Here are Larry and Mary Ellen Goldfarb at the Lennon (John) Wall in Prague. Instead of asking Larry and Mary Ellen our standard questions, we just chatted with them. The result is a laundry list of the things they really loved about their trip last year to Budapest and Prague: We loved the locations we…
Foundation Fridays: A visit to Fair Trade cooperatives
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…
The best eats in Budapest, according to Untourists
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…
Culture Clue: Prague is to beer as Burgundy is to wine
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…
The best day trip from Budapest is out-in-the-burbs Szentendre
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…
Untourists of the Week: Pat and Roger Roslansky
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…
Foundation Fridays: Meet Robert Seiwell!
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…
Top 7 Spots to Shop in Prague
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…
The oldest passion play in Europe: not where you might think
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…