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A Plethora of Puffins
April 10, 2021By Dan Friesen After a near-perfect day yesterday hiking in south Iceland, we stopped en route to our hotel for what we thought would be a grand slam way to… Read More
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The More the Merrier!
May 19, 2020By Dan Friesen I mentioned in the last post that 1993 was a tough year for Walking Tours, Inc. financially. We learned that many of our travelers attended the AVA… Read More
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Dancing with a Teddy Bear
May 17, 2020By Dan Friesen In 1992, I left my job as a CPA – it was not a great sacrifice! I had learned a lot about life and business in accounting… Read More
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What’s Volkssport?
May 15, 2020By Dan Friesen In 1988, Dad offered a tour to Central Europe he called Alpine Europe. It was to be his last year of travel, synchronizing with his retirement from… Read More
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Beginnings of WAI
May 13, 2020By Dan Friesen In 1964, after Dad parlayed his German language skills into a fast-track college teaching degree, he was hired to teach German at David Douglas High School. Those… Read More
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A Tsunami of a Man
May 12, 2020By Dan Friesen In my previous post, I left the story of my dad at the point where he had moved the family to Oregon to start a career as… Read More
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George, the Early Years
May 10, 2020By Dan Friesen As many of you know, Walking Adventures International (WAI) was founded by my father, George Friesen. Everyone has a story and every organization a tale to tell.… Read More
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Tea Pluckers in Sri Lanka
May 4, 2020By Dan Friesen I’m taking you back to Sri Lanka this morning to a part of this tropical island nation famous for growing tea. In its long and eventful history,… Read More