Greg Taff has pursued his passion for travel since he planned his first international trip at 16, and has continued traveling ever since. At 33, Greg is proficient in 4 languages and has traveled extensively throughout the U.S. and 30 other countries on 4 continents. He is particularly drawn to Northern Europe, where he has lived and traveled for nearly two years.

In addition to running Taff Tours, Greg Taff is a doctoral candidate in geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. With a Fulbright Fellowship and a grant from NASA, Greg has conducted environmental research in Latvia’s Gauja National Park. He expects to receive his PhD in 2005.

Greg is also a semi-professional piano player and singer, having performed in restaurants and bars in Riga, Latvia and Stockholm, Sweden, as well as in North Carolina. He writes songs and arranges music in folk and jazz styles. Greg also enjoys teaching piano to students ages 6 to 66.

Greg was born in The Netherlands to American parents and grew up near Chicago. He is an alumnus of the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan and earned an A.B. in mathematics from Dartmouth College and an M.A. in statistics from Columbia University. After a stint on Wall Street, where he worked on the Commodities Exchange Floor and for Chase Manhattan Bank, he moved to North Carolina and began his doctoral work at UNC.

For recreation Greg likes squash, swimming, biking, skiing, is a bit of a film buff and, of course, likes to travel. Greg makes his home in Carrboro, NC, where he has set up the Taff Tours headquarters.