Armchair Traveler

Come share the wonders of the world in the virtual company of other UMRA travel enthusiasts. We have four, 90-minute programs each year, and for 2025-26 these programs will again be offered via Zoom. Each program shares travel highlights from two speakers. 

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We have seen Mongolia, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Germany, Hong Kong, China, Poland, the Muir Trail, Italy and more. Next year's programs will include: Scotland, US Baseball Fields, Tanzania, Jerusalem and Egypt, Japan, Norway and Sweden, Rwanda, the San Juan Islands and British Columbia Coast and more.

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A Zoom invitation will be sent to all UMRA members via email a month before each program. For now, mark your 2025-26 calendars for 10-11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 24, November 19, January 21, and April 22. Contact Lynn C Anderson for more information or if you would like to share travel photos and memories in 2025-26.

 
 

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Upcoming Events

Wales

Armchair Traveler: Wales and NW England

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News & Stories

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An Icelandic saga

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When you are of Icelandic descent you can trace your ancestors back to around 1200 and sometimes further.

Culture, history, and geology—along the Rhine

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Cathy Lee Gierke presented photos about her cruise on the Rhine river, Italian Switzerland, and Lake Como -- and the history, culture and geology along the way.

Tour Egypt and Lebanon

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Ann Hill Duin and her husband Doug Duin shared their recent “bucket list” tour of “Egypt: Temples, Tombs, Time.” Bill and Sheryl Lazarus took us on "A Tour of Lebanon, 2022."  See the video.

Rwanda and the British Columbia Coast

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The April 23, 2025 Armchair Traveler Program featured Ceeya Patton-Bolman sharing insights, maps, and photos based on her 20 years of experience in Rwanda, and Gene Allen sharing pictures, maps, and information about the British Columbia Coast and its San Juan and Gulf Islands.

Japan, Norway, and Sweden

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UMRA’s first Armchair Traveler program of the new year included two presentations featuring travels in Japan with Wayne “Ironwain” Potratz and in Norway and Sweden with Lynn Anderson.

Israel, Egypt, and Tanzania

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UMRA member Paul Letourneau takes us on a safari in northern Tanzania and Brenda Knapp-Polzin shares photos and insights from a 2023 family trip to Israel and Egypt.

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