As Hamburg Guide in Portugal 2

Pilgrimage for Krauze trips from Fátima This morning, I started the day early again with my group: German mass at 7 a.m., at which our priest was concelebrant. After breakfast, a short tour of the sanctuary was on the agenda. Although I don’t walk through Fátima every day as a Hamburg guide, I prepared some […]

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As Hamburg Guide in Portugal 1

Pilgrimage for Krauze trips from Fátima Early yesterday morning, I flew to Porto with a church congregation from near Frankfurt. Once there, we briefly visited the “Sé” cathedral, then the stock exchange and the waterfront promenade. After an entertaining tour and tasting in the Real Companhia Velha wine cellar , we reached our sleeping place […]

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Sworn authorization for Spanish and English

Sworn interpreter and authorized translator On Tuesday, February 28, 2017, the time had finally come. I was able to take my oath as an interpreter for English and Spanish at Kiel District Court and receive my authorization as a translator for English and Spanish. From now on, I can also provide certified translations and am […]

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#HamburgGuides say goodbye #WFTGA2017 and goodbye #Iran

After the congress of the World Federation of Tour Guide Associations in Tehran, there is still the post-congress program. And it has it all: six days full of excursions, sightseeing, receptions and gifts! After the closing ceremony on February 1, 2017, we fly south from Tehran to Shiraz on a specially chartered and branded plane. […]

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#HamburgGuides @ #WFTGA2017

The World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations Congress WFTGA2017 is over The Iranian President spends almost an hour with us at the opening of the congress. This appreciation for our profession is not lost on us during the entire conference. The Secretary-General of the UNWTO also addresses us with a request to act as ambassadors […]

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Hamburg Guides say hello to Iran at the 17th Congress of the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations

Hamburg Guides represented at the #WFTGA2017 in Iran It’s that time again: every two years, the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations (WFTGA) invites you to the conference. Two years ago, the Iranian Tourist Guide Association made a convincing presentation, so this year we have the pleasure of being guests in this culturally rich country. […]

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Hamburg’s Philharmonic Hall is ready

After having had a couple of bad years Hamburg’s Philharmonic Hall is now ready to be enjoyed from January on. At the moment plaza, hotel and restaurants (as well as souvenir stores offering numerous souvenirs of “Elphi” and a chosen variety of music literature) are up and running. More than 20.000 people visited the free […]

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Tourism Day – I will also be there in Schleswig-Holstein

Around 400 people working in tourism in Schleswig-Holstein are meeting today at the Hanseatischer Hof in Lübeck to discuss tourism policy issues such as the internationalization of tourism. As a qualified tour guide, I am not only interested in Hamburg but also in Schleswig-Holstein. I am also looking forward to making many new contacts.

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Prototype Museum: BMW Art Cars up close

Fast cars – quite colorful Today we qualified Hamburg Guides, together with other Hamburg tour guides, had the opportunity to visit the new exhibition at the Prototype Museum in Hamburg’s HafenCity under the expert guidance of Ms. Carolin Peiseler. Here are some impressions. Visit the museum with the exhibition for those interested in technology and […]

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Hamburg’s stairwells – and paternosters

Office buildings and their staircases are something special Anyone who has ever been in one of the beautiful stairwells in the Kontorhaus district (Sprinkenhof, Chilehaus, Meßberghaus) or on Steinhöft and Deichstraße (Sloman-Haus, Stella-Haus, Columbia-Haus) has probably noticed this. Even the paternosters still work in some of these beautiful contemporary witnesses from the late 19th or […]

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