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My travel career was inspired by my first trip to Europe as a University student. After 4months of wandering around exciting cities and historic sites, visiting the most fascinating museums and landmarks, getting acquainted with the locals,sampling exotic foods, trying to cope with various languages and customs, I was hooked. I abandoned my idea of becoming a teacher and knew that somehow Ihad to follow a path where I could share the wonders of travel with others.
I started asa junior in a small travel agency. As my career advanced I realized the importance of using my listeningskills to help me design the travel experience that met and exceeded myclient's expectations. After47 years in the travel business I still get tremendous personal pleasure inplanning and ensuring that my client's trips are fantastic. I have continued toexplore the world and have touched on all continents accept Antarctica. I enjoyboth my independent trips to different countries as well as savouring the morerelaxed style of cruising to the different ports.
Although I love visiting the "must sees", increasingly I find thatexperiencing the slower paced style in the rural areas adds another dimensionto the travel experience. While staying in a villa in Umbria with family and friends I was able to explore the local markets and vineyards and source freshlocal ingredients for our simple dinners alfresco. But other trips are intendedto provide a jolt of “adventure travel”. Recently I have experienced the magnificent sand dunes in Sossusvlei, Namibiawhere I climbed the narrow ridges, the moonscape landscape of the AtacamaDesert in Chile (the world’s driest desert) where I had to slide down the dunes), safaris in South Africa, Botswana, Tanzania and Kenya and the spiritual and sensoryexperiences of India and Angor Wat.
As my style of travel evolves, I am able to help my clients discover and assistthem in designing a holiday that is unique. I know that I can depend on myassociation with Virtuoso and our valued suppliers to contribute to the successof my clients travel experience. Cheers to the wonders of travel!