Our next Featured Tour Director is Edwin Agreda, who shares a story about two intrepid travelers’ lifelong dream to climb an Andean peak: Most travelers come to my country to see Machu Picchu, but I always do my best to help people find places away from the crowds of tourists. One such place is Huayna Picchu, [...]

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Our next Featured Tour Director is Carmen Nuñez, who tells us about how she introduces travelers to her native Spain:   Spanish dancing is a bit more formal and stylized than some travelers are used to. Sometimes, my travelers seem intimidated by the fast-moving flamenco dancers they see. Nonsense: anyone can dance flamenco. Even if you [...]

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Our next Featured Tour Director is Serban Tifescu, who tells us about how he introduces travelers to Hungarian food: With Italy and France hogging the spotlight, Hungary’s cuisine—particularly our comfort food—often gets overlooked. Hungarian chefs churn out hearty soups, sugary desserts and a special type of pancake we call hortobágy palacsinta. It’s a simple country dish [...]

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Our next Featured Tour Director is Stefania Arena, who tells us about how she introduces travelers to her native Sicily:   In Italy, there are only two things we take more seriously than soccer: food and family. So when my travelers visit a Sicilian farm, I always invite my family to join us. My parents are [...]

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Our next Featured Tour Director is Paula Noad, who shared a story of an unscheduled visit to a Latvian festival: We were in Riga, Latvia during high summer, just in time for Midsummer’s Eve, when our group asked if we could get off the beaten path and see how “real Latvians” live. Midsummer’s Eve in [...]

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