Born and raised in Veurne, West Flanders, on September 20, 1961.

After training in electronics, I started as an installer at the then RTT, now Proximus, Belgium’s biggest telecom operator. This was my only employer for 42 years, and I had fun there! On October 1, 2022, I retired after a rewarding career, mostly in the Sales division. You can see a photo in the photo gallery of my latest team, a top team of Account Managers!

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In the mid-1990s I obtained my Tour Leader badge after a 3-year evening school course and started right away as a guide. This in combination with my job at telecom installer.

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As a guide at Van Bogget Reizen, I accompanied and guided groups all over Europe. It was clear that guiding groups became a great passion of mine. My favourite destination is without a doubt still London and the whole of the UK.

No wonder that one of my other passions is English history, more specifically the Tudor Dynasty.

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A third great passion is music. Both active and passive. The guitar is my favourite instrument and the inspiration for this came and still comes from my great hero, Bob Dylan. I have already been able to experience more than 200 live concerts from this Artist.

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Art also occupies a large place in my life, especially painting and sculpture. I owe this to my mentor and also a great artist, Marcel Van Driessche (1925 - 2012). He opened my eyes to the beauty of art, and I am eternally grateful to him for this. In addition to his work, my inner strings always vibrate when I look at works by E.Shiele, G.Klimt, V.Van Gogh, well, too many to mention, but colour and light are determining factors for me.

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Of course, I also like to travel. The most impressive journey I undertook, together with my Danish wife Pia from my home base Copenhagen, was to Hawaii. What an overwhelmingly beautiful nature!

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Besides my Danish Viking wife, my family and good friends, my cat, Flayosc, is part of my rich life.

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Since my retirement I am 100% ready to guide again. As a Freelance guide I hope to, one day, guide you to your dream destination.

Marc