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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Serendipity in Rothenburg
May 3, 2020By Dan Friesen Back in the 90s, our early trips through Central Europe always started in Amsterdam, from where we worked our way through the BENELUX countries and along the… Read More