17th June, 1953

by | Jun 17, 2016 | Blog

On this day in 1953, Soviet troops crushed an uprising by workers in East Berlin. As of June 16th, construction workers had been demonstrating for fair pay and working hours, and would be joined by thousands more dissidents over the next 24 hours. A crowd of some...

Guiding Award

by | Jun 9, 2016 | Blog

I’m very pleased to say that I’ve been named as the Berlin Tour Guide of the Year in the Luxury Travel Awards 2016. Can’t wait for more adventures to come!

Georges Blind

by | Jun 8, 2016 | Blog

Conversations shared during this week reminded me of this astonishing photo. Georges Blind, a member of the French resistance later to be murdered in Auschwitz, was subjected to a mock execution by the SS upon capture in October 1944. The troops intended to force...