# HIGHLIGHTS & OFF THE BEATEN PATH. We like to take you to the places that your friends have never heard of and where you can be one of the few foreign tourists to get an up close and authentic peek at what life is like as a local.  While we also include some of the not-to-be missed, iconic sights, we like to focus on the more unique, meaningful and memorable.

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# EXPERIENCE FOCUSED. We consider the overall experience of any stop on our trip.  We believe art and culture are more accessible when the entire setting is an ingredient in the mix. We try to avoid the hoards, visit museums that are human-sized and approachable, engage in activities that contribute to understanding the culture by engaging with people, and we look for the true, the beautiful, and the meaningful in all of our choices.

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# SMALL GROUPS. Our groups consist of 6-12 travelers, allowing you the opportunity for up close and personal travel.  We find that many of our travelers are introverts and appreciate traveling with a small group. Small groups also allow us the opportunity to engage more easily with locals and have those unique experiences that we aim for.

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# FRIENDS & FAMILY STLE. All of our Cultural Immersion Trips are done in “friends & family” style.  You may not know everyone to begin with, but by the end, we will have all become good friends.  As friends & family (having a small group helps), we are invited to engage with locals and sometimes even invited into homes or special events. We also have the flexibility to accommodate all of the travelers in our “family,” adapting to special interests or needs along the way.  We travel by car, not by bus, allowing us to enter the small and special spaces and not stand out as a large tourist group.  And, we like to keep things casual and comfortable!

 

 

# FLEXIBLE ITINERARY. We design days that we believe are full of magic and important experiences, but we also know that some of the best surprises while traveling are the unexpected opportunities that pop up.  Someone invites the group into their workshop, a friend invites the group to join at the celebration of their new child, or you discover a local band is playing in the park.  We value that these unique opportunities may be more important than what we happened to have planned, so we adjust.  We don’t miss the magic in an attempt to rigidly stick to our plan.  And we love travelers who love this logic!  We also love surprises and we aim to delight you and surprise you along the way.  You won’t always know what to expect in advance, but we’ll always make sure that you are prepared with information in order to be properly prepared. 

 

 

# ETHICAL TRAVEL. We aim to utilize private and locally owned businesses as often as possible.  Our goal is to stay at charming, locally owned inns, farms, cabins, hotels or houses.  We like to dine where we can meet the family who owns the restaurant and prepares the food.  We want to use small businesses rather than large corporate entities.  We want to connect with kind, knowledgeable, and interesting local guides and we seek to find the way to support the local community with our travel dollars whenever possible.

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Come and be delighted!  Come and experience something different!  Come to understand and deeply know a new country!  Come, travel with us and enjoy the unique, meaningful and memorable!