London
Dutch / Flemish, English, German
020-7286-2985, 01666-826467, 07966-535988, 020-7286-2985
Languages: English/Dutch (bi-lingual), German. Educated UK & The Netherlands. Gardens: small specialist tours: over 15 years experience in UK, Ireland, Continental Europe. Talks. London walking tours. Involvement museums of Modern Art in Europe/USA. Multilingual orientation and technical liaison/training programmes worldwide.
Walks |
Gardens (incl lectures) |
International Links |
Ghosts, Murders & Mysteries | London City walking tours with particular emphasis on young children's groups. |
Agriculture | experience: touring with wheelchair bound clients. Specific focus on blind visitors. |
Art/Paintings & Sculpture | 20th century paintings, sculpture,film - USA and Europe. 18th and 19th century English painters, especially Cornwall (Newlyn) and East Anglia. Artists: Low countries, early Italians, Spanish School. |
Churches & Cathedrals | Experience: exploring Anglican/Episcopalian heritage in the South of England; Celtic Christianity - development and influence - in Scotland. |
Conferences & Incentives | Over 25 years experience. Wide variety, international ,multi-lingual, at the highest level in the UK, continental Europe, the Far East, USA (including Hawaii), Seychelles, Mauritius, the Caribbean, South Africa. My main responsibility: VIPs. |
Gardens | Intensive garden corses: London Tourist Board/1986 and Institute of Tourist Guiding/2006. More than 20 years experience in small specialist garden tours throughout the UK, Ireland(Republic and Northern Ireland), Northern Continental Europe. Talks. |
Interpreting & Translating | (Not simultaneous interpreting). At meetings, conferences, special interest tours, training programmes, social events, product launches, court cases, familiarisation/orientation tours or exercises, technical site visits. |
Literature | Wide interests: UK, USA, continental Europe, Southern Africa. Novels. poetry, scientific, historical writing. Experience: Marx/ London; Dickens/London & Kent; Thackeray/Kent; Kipling/Sussex; Jane Austen/Hampshire; Poets - West Country and Cumbria. |
Museums | General interest in museum tours. Particular experience: In London - the John Soane Museum, National Gallery, Tate Gallery and the British Museum, plus museums in York, Cumbria, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Am very willing to explore! |
Stately Homes & Country Houses | Wide experience with the National Trust and English Heritage properties in the UK. Also, privately owned stately homes in the UK, Holland, Belgium and Ireland. Specific focus on Woburn Abbey and Hatfield House. |
British Museum, Docklands, Somerset House, Salisbury Cathedral, 2012 Venues
TEFL, MITG
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