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Our clients came back so very impressed with all of your
services! This was one of the best guiding experiencing that they have ever
had! They absolutely loved her and your drivers. They appreciated their
knowledge, sense of humor and flexibility. I did not receive a single negative
comment. They felt that the guide had a very big impact on their entire Vienna
experience.
I so greatly appreciate that you suggested her and that you
carefully serviced these very important clients. They are singing your praises
as I am! I will not hesitate
to recommend you to all of my agent affiliations
Susan, Travel Agent
Our tour in Mumbai was outstanding!!! The guide was
exemplary and we will recommend Milk and Honey to our friends.
Sandra Dugoff
My husband & I thoroughly enjoyed both our tours. Both
guides, as well as guide in training, were well informed & knowledgeable
about their cities. Even though I had done one of your tours of Berlin in
2010, our guide showed me Berlin from a different perspective again. My husband,
who had not been to Berlin & I learned a lot & thoroughly enjoyed
the company of our guides. Our guide in Frankfurt shared her passion for
the city with us. We learned a lot & wished we had more time to spend
there. She was a delight to be with.
I would highly recommend your
tour company to any one wanting a guide in the cities you operate from.
Sandra Jedwab
I wanted to let you know how much my husband and I enjoyed
our walking tour of Jewish Paris this past Wednesday, November 9.
Our guide was incredibly knowledgeable about the Jewish history of Paris, and
Paris in general. His enthusiasm for the subject matter, as well as
sharing his love of Paris and its Jewish history was infectious.
Liz Hack
We were very happy with the tour, both me and my husband.
Our guide was an excellent guide and very interesting to listen to. She gave us
a fantastic memory of Riga. The interesting Jewish areas with the ghetto, the
Great Synagogue, the Jewish Museum, (she opened it although it was closed
earlier because of shabbat), the Jewish Community House and we even saw some
very interesting memorial places around the city of Riga.
Then we also saw the old town of Riga with its very interesting architecture
and rebuilding of the destroyed buildings during the second world war.
She made us understand a bit
of what it's like to live in Riga/Latvia being Jewish.
Monica Hüttner
Our guide was very knowledgeable, helpful and personable.
We really did enjoy the exploring and I learned a lot. It was the
ideal way to take in sites and information that I would have wanted to see but
would never have found on my own and I appreciated it. Three hours was
perfect timing.
Aaron Cohen
We just returned home and had fully intended to write to you
about our experience with Milk & Honey. We thoroughly enjoyed both
tours, and would not have otherwise had the opportunity to so deeply explore
the Jewish communities of Budapest and Prague on our trip. Our guides
were extremely professional, knowledgeable, personable, animated, and friendly
(plus perfect English).
Our guide, having grown up in Budapest with Jewish roots,
made us feel very connected to both the past and present. She gave us
a wonderful tour, and we are grateful that you suggested doing Budapest.
We found our guide in Prague to be exceptional, even more so
since he is neither Jewish nor Czech. His depth of knowledge and
understanding of Jewish history and culture was phenomenal, and he knows
everything about Prague and beyond. He told us that we were his first
Milk & Honey clients and that he was impressed with the depth of
your vetting process when you contacted him. You must put him at the
top of your list of guides! We will absolutely use your services again when we have the
opportunity and will, of course, highly recommend Milk & Honey to our
friends. Thank you again for providing us with such first class guides.
Arlene Weisman
Our experience in Amsterdam with our guide was both fun and
interesting. She was engaging, informative and entertaining and we both benefited
from all the knowledge she imparted.
From the time the ship docked in Warnemuende and our driver
was there to fetch us in his very comfortable car - we had a memorable
experience!
Our driver made us feel really welcome and by the time we
met our guide we were ready for a "full" day.
Our guide in Berlin was the most enlightened, inspiring,
engaging and PASSIONATE tour guide that we have ever experienced. She made a
rather "difficult" experience into something that we would have not
missed for the world!!
She brought
Berlin alive
with the history in a sensitive and compassionate way - we only wish that we
had more time- we will definitely be returning one day!!
Audrey and Roy Kaplan
My niece Louise and I had a wonderful tour.
Our guide was terrific - my niece was a little concerned she
would lose interest after an hour or two, but our guide balanced up the history
with the present and is a genuinely lovely person to spend a few hours with. We had walked the city over previous
days and to have the context and history explained was wonderful.
Catherine Redden
Had a wonderful time exploring E Berlin with my guide. She's
a fabulous person. Showed me everything that was meaningful to me. I
couldn't have asked for a better tour or a better time. My last day in
Berlin was the perfect ending! All because of my guide.
Ginni Stern
We were extremely pleased with our guide. She was
incredibly knowledgeable, accommodating, patient, engaging, enthusiastic and
easily understood. She is one of the best, if not the best, tour guide we
have ever had. We look forward to using Milk & Honey in the future.
Kenneth A. Kleban
We had the most amazing holiday and many thanks for the
wonderful tours.
Firstly, our tour to Berlin: Our guide was just
amazing. She is the most beautiful person with what we think is a
"Jewish soul". Her knowledge and passion for what she
does made our day unforgettable. Berlin is magnificent, the museums and
holocaust memorials unbelievable.
Our guide in Stockholm was fabulous = certainly new her
stuff and we thoroughly enjoyed the day…
Stockholm was quite wonderful and our guide made it a day to
remember. Thank you.
All of us
thought the tours were great and I would certainly use your company again and
would definitely recommend you to our friends.
Ceciley Keßler
Just a quick message to thank you for helping plan our visit
to Riga. This was definitely one of the most interesting tours we have taken.
Our guide was so knowledgeable and we thoroughly enjoyed our day with her. We
will certainly recommend your company to all of our friends and family. Thanks, again for making our stay in
Riga so
memorable.
Laura Jean
Our guide was a fantastic guide - knowledgeable,
enthusiastic, organized and interesting. She did a great job of
organizing our day to maximize the sites we could visit. Beyond the basic
information about Berlin, she was able to answer all manner of questions which
were asked. In fact, she
whetted our appetites to return to Berlin
when we have more time to explore both the old and the new.
Paula Smith
We thoroughly enjoyed our tour of Palma with our guide. She is
a lovely, warm, vivacious knowledgeable lady and gave us a wonderful, memorable
tour. I can highly recommend her to any future clients you may have. If she is typical of the quality of
people you contract with we would certainly choose to do business with your
company on our future visits to Europe.
Peter Pflaum
We had our tour of Jewish Paris on Friday. What a delight.
After our first tour in Berlin we wondered how the next one
would compare.
We were so impressed with her extensive knowledge,
enthusiasm and willingness to accommodate our needs.
We had our 18 year old daughter with us, and we all found
the history and sites fascinating.
Thank you so much. We hope to visit Europe again and will
definitely ask you to assist.
Phil and Sue Lewis
Your people
from the drivers to the guides were all professional and first class.
The drivers were prompt in their pickups and friendly. The
vans were clean and large enough
Each of the guides was great. Our guide in Munich was like
our children’s grandfather. His knowledge and personalization were great. Our
guide in Vienna was superb. Related well to the kids and gave us a wonderful
tour of both city and Jewish sites. Our guide in Berlin was superb was well. Very
knowledgeable and friendly. All were on time, and personalized the tour as we
requested even as the weather changed.
Our guides
in Vienna and Berlin sharing their own personal experiences as well as their
views on Jewish life/culture in their respective cities was what I had hoped to
have my children experience.
Richard Arnstine
Just to let you know that we are now back from our
cruise and that our guide in St Petersburg was wonderful! She gave us a
great insight into life in Russia and Jewish life and history in particular. She is a brilliant guide full of
information and knowledge and we all thoroughly enjoyed meeting her and
learning from her.
Anne Ross and Barbara
Holzecker
There are no words to describe how wonderful our guide was -
I found the Jewish side of Berlin very, very moving, and at times a little
scary!!!
Our guide was so understanding, gentle and kind - I could
not have remained in the Jewish centre without her support and genuine
love. She was always at my side to comfort me and reassure me that Jews
today are safe, and have a very different life!
She is a wonderful and strong lady, with an amazing love for
what she does, her knowledge knows no boundaries, and one can see that she
really, really loves and adores her job!
I will highly recommend her to all and everybody that I
know!
Your tour company was better than we imagined!!! Your
driver was on time and punctual, and the car was spotless at all times,
We had a
lot of fun, and joked and laughed a lot - this helped me get over the pain of
seeing the tragic story of our people, and helped to put Berlin into a new light.
Sandy Gottschalk
I wanted to thank you for again providing a wonderful tour
of Jewish Berlin for our group. Our guide was a wonderful tour
guide! She has a great personality, excellent knowledge of the sites
which we saw, and was able to competently provide information in both English
and German (we had some guests who spoke only English, and some who spoke only
German). We were pleased
that despite the Obermayers' and I having visited Berlin many times in the past, we learned
new things from her.
Betty Solbjor, US
Coordinator, Obermayer Foundation, Inc.
I had a marvelous time with my guide in Vienna. She was
excellent in terms of information and getting to see an overview of Vienna's
rich history both Jewish and non. I even got to sample delicious apple strudel!
She was prompt, informative and accommodating.
Pauline Rockman
We thoroughly enjoyed our tour. We found your guide witty, knowledgeable, articulate and passionate. He surprised us with his knowledge of so many diverse subjects. ... I had been somewhat skeptical at the beginning about whether the Milk and Honey Tour would be that much different to justify the price difference between it and many other walking tours of Berlin, but for us it was well worth the money. Milk and Honey has a very good reputation (I heard about you from three friends who had taken your tour) and I will continue to add to your positive image....
L. Cohen
We are writing from our cruise ship following our tour with your company's representative in St. Petersburg. Our guide was excellent and gave us our money's worth... Everyone who used the cruise ship tours had something to complain about. We only have compliments. Our guide was outstanding. Best regards and we look forward to engaging your services in the future.
Susan Levy
Your guide was the best guide we could dream.It was our first trip to Germany ever and we are born in Belgium!!!(It means everything) Anyway he made our visit in Berlin so special and so interesting and we are thankful to him. Of course we will recommend Milk and Honey. All the best.
Haim Tanya
We can't thank you enough for the tour today - it was personal, moving, incredibly informative and fascinating. We both got a very strong sense of Berlin and you revealed it to us in a way that kept surprising and unfolding like a magical gift-box. Thank you,
Danny Masseng, Chazzan and Musical Director, Temple Israel of Hollywood
We thought [our guide] was wonderful. His knowledge and depth of understanding were remarkable and we thoroughly enjoyed both the tour of Jewish Vienna and also the more general tour. We find ourselves even now, more than a month later, reflecting on what [the guide] had told us, the context and the details. What an inspirational young man. We wish him only success in the future and thank you greatly for organising such a wonderful guide for us. We have friends travelling to Europe later this year and we will certainly be recommending that they contact you. Be well and warm regards Miriam
I just wanted to write to say that the (extended) morning we had with your guide was the best insight we have ever had on any tour of any city. No exaggeration. His knowledge was comprehensive and his explanations and stories to enliven the facts were superb. He crammed a lot into the time we spent with him. Please pass on our thanks and you have truly lived up to your promise of showing us a view of Berlin we otherwise would not have had. Many thanks and best regards,
Robert Posner
Dear Noa, I just wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed our day in Rome with your guide. She is a charming young woman and very well spoken. It was a pleasure being with her because her enthusiasm and love of the subject matter was contagious. Thank you so much for everything. We all thoroughly enjoyed the day and now my sister-in-law will be mentioning Milk & Honey to their friends in North Carolina. We hope as we continue to visit new place that we will be able to "travel" with you again. Best Regards,
Micki
We simply wanted to thank you for providing us with a wonderful trip to Germany. Your planning and arrangements, and the selection of guides, could not have been any better. We learned a lot and had a lot of fun too. We would be very happy to recommend you to anyone. Thanks again.
Jack Blumenfeld
I can honestly say it was the best tour I have ever taken. Thanks again.
Neil
We have just returned from our holiday and wish to thank-you for the pleasure of the company of [your guide]. His vast knowledge, efficiency and pleasant manner made our trip very enjoyable. When we spoke to people who had taken the ship's tour we realized that ours was far superior and covered more than you listed in the itinerary with time to spare as [your guide] included places that we would never have asked for but were wonderful to experience. We felt honoured to have him as our guide. The ship's tour seemed to have covered just a small amount with little explanation Lunch was a delight and a beautiful interlude to an exhausting day. We got back to our ship with time to spare and our driver was amazing at negotiating traffic, parking, the Autobahn and was always there when we needed him. He was able to give us additional information on our trip back to the ship and show us the port city also. The car, water and the information included was just a nice added touch to a wonderful tour and both my husband and I want to return to Germany some time in the future. We returned early to our ship eventhough we left later. I will be recommending your company to my agency and clients in the future. Thank-you again ,
Cheryl
CHERYL MOSS HAFNER Destinations Co-ordinator Uniworld Travel and Tours
I was very pleased with the Zurich tour as conducted by [your guide]. He is extremely knowledgeable about both the past history of the city and current issues. Clearly he is well regarded as even city officials consult with him about issues pertaining to the Jewish community. Thank you for arranging a very enjoyable and informative afternoon.
Fred
We wanted to thank you for arranging two amazing and thought provoking tours for us during our stay in Munich. [Your guide] is an excellent guide and teacher. You are fortunate to have someone so knowledgable working with you. We plan to recommend Milk and Honey tours to our friends and family. Shabbat Shalom! Thanks again for everything.
Rachel, Joseph and Jennifer Firschein
Thank you for the carefully orchestrated and beautiful organized tour of Munich and Berlin. You were knowledgeable, light-footed and flexible. It´s hard to imagine doing or seeing more in the few days than we were able to do - but it seemed all so easy. I think we met every objective of the trip including some heart-rending moments that are unavoidable in Germany. I was thinkiing about the message embedded in your company name: "of the 12 spies that scouted the land of Canaan, only two came back to say ´the land flows with milk & honey`." Their reward was that they were the only two who left Egypt and where allowed to enter the Promised Land. Most Jews who go to Germany are apt to come back with the story that `the land is populated by beasts and giants`and therefore are denied entry to the Promised Land. Until we find ourselves comfortable in every part of the world, especially where our greatest tragedies have occured, we cannot be a normal people, and that is an objective worth pursuing. With warmest personal regards,
Oskar Brecher, UJA Federation of New York
I wish to thank you for the time that we spent with [your guide in Berlin]. She was just outstanding and met all of our expectations. Not only did she provide excellent professional service, but she is a delightful young woman and we loved the time we spent together. Thank you again for referring her to us.
Felice and Gil Robinov
Thank you ever so much for the wonderful, informative and moving tour that you gave Esther and me in Berlin. We both found it exactly the right balance of history and future,....education and emotion,....and tragedy and optimism.
We will both emphatically recommend your company and you personally to our contacts. I hope to return next year with my sons and husband. It truly was the highlight of our trip and will be the fuel for many conversations for years to come. Thank you for sharing your expertise and experience with us.
We were lucky to have found you.
Deb Sudbury
We just returned from Vienna yesterday evening. Your guide was the highlight of Vienna for our family. She was informative, intelligent, interesting, and had an infinite knowledge of history. Gerta has a warm personality and our family loved her! She gave us a good balance of Vienna as well as the Jewish life there. She was empathetic about difficult topics. (Her English is perfect). Anyone who has her as their tour guide will be exremely lucky and come away from Vienna with more of an understanding of the culture, people and its history. Thank you so much, Noa.
All the best,
Peggi, John, Sarah and Meryl
Dear Noa, Mark and I have just returned from our holiday in Europe. After Riga, we went to London and then France (to follow the Tour de France for a few days.) Our tour of Jewish Riga was definitely a highlight of our holiday. Inese was a wonderful guide. She was extremely knowledgeable on the subject and compassionate as well, considering that it was such an emotional experience for us. The time went by much too fast. ... We will certainly recommend this tour to others.
Kind regards,
Debra H.
Dear Miriam and Noa, I just had to write to you to tell you how fantastic the guide was who lead my passengers in Berlin. They have't stopped raving about him...
You have been delightful to and most efficient to work with and I look forward to doing this again in the future. I was lucky to have found your company when doing reasearch.
Sincerely,
Marjorie Shatsky
Dear Miriam, Just wanted to drop you quick note of praise and thanks.
Our tour with Alex was truly one of the highlights of our trip, mostly thanks to Alex's wonderful personality, breadth of knowledge, and flexibility in tailoring the tour to our personalities and desires. I am sure I do not need to elaborate on Alex, I am sure I dont need to sing his praises, but I just want to make sure you know what a gem we think he is. We were in awe of his intelligence, warmth, and, as my mom put it, 'adorableness' ... so, in conclusion, thank you so much, we learned so much and promise to refer your services in the future to anyone travelling to Berlin, surely a milk and honey tour is now a 'must' in Berlin on my list.
Todah Rabah, Natalie Solomon
Ilya was extremely good and driver was great too. You did a great job in arranging this at such short notice. I will certainly recommend you!
Best regards,
Daniel
We want to thank you so very very much for the most terrific and moving (both emotionally and physically) tour of our entire trip. I have referred "milk and honey tours" to my travel agent and some others who are touring this summer, and I hope they all contact you ... I still can't believe I let my foot fall onto German soil, and I credit the positive experience to you, your expertise, and mostly to your warmth and enthusiasm. There are so many things that are just now filtering into my conscious, and a million things I'd like to see again or explore more... perhaps, someday. Right now, I talk about you and your assistants, the memorials and absence, and the museum...and the creativity and competitions that have informed the new Berlin. It's enough!
Paula and Lou Silver
We want to thank you for the wonderful tour you put together for us. We learnt so much and want to compliment your guides Thorsten and Chaja who were outstanding both in knowledge and personality. We thoroughly enjoyed being with them and hope that we meet up again some time...
Kindest Regards,
Rhona and Stanley
We are home again and I have access to my own email. I just wanted to let you know what a terrific job Caroline did in showing us around Berlin. She was a delightful guide and all eight of us felt she made our short time in Berlin both interesting and very memorable for us.
The bus was quite comfortable, although it was rather a long ride, and Mike, the driver was competent and pleasant. Thank you again for all of your efforts in making our visit to Berlin something we will all remember.
Regards,
Donna Barron
Well I've been back in Canada since January 2nd, and am finally catching up!! I just wanted to thank you again for the wonderful tour you gave us in Berlin. Jaimi and I loved every minute of our trip. And I did want to once again tell you how you started our trip off for us in such an informative and educative fashion.
My best regards,
Paula Gardner
I just want to tell you how inspiring,educational, and worthwhile the tour you arranged was. It was a pleasure meeting you and the other guides you arranged. I would recommend milk and honey to anyone travelling to germany.
Thanks again.
Rabbi Stephen Leon
Allan and I are now back in Boston. We wanted to tell you that we enjoyed our tour with Caroline and wanted to thank you very much. It was the most memorable part of whatwe did in Berlin. Caroline was wonderful. I have passed the contact information about milk and honey tours on to our travel agent and I have already told many people about your tour service.
Thanks again and best of luck to you.
Shelly
Thank you so much for your expertise in showing us Jewish Berlin last spring. You helped make our trip meaningful and the memories more lasting, and we look forward to returning to Berlin.
We've given your name and Milk and Honey's reference to several friends, who travel a lot and would be wonderful candidates for your tour. We highly recommend they contact you.
All best wishes,
Sarajane Johnson and Arthur Goldberg
I am writing to say again how good it was to spend time with you in Berlin. My experience was so varied and complicated. Being able to talk with you and share some of the emotional impact was of tremendous value to me.
Your thoughtful planning and knowledge showed me things I would not have learned about, and your openness and honesty allowed me to speak honestly, which was a great relief. I was experiencing distress that I could not otherwise discuss. So thank you for the many ways you offered safe harbor.
With best wishes and my gratitude,
Alison
Ich möchte mich auf diesem Wege noch einmal herzlich für den Stadtrundgang bedanken - sowohl die Jugendlichen als auch ich selber fanden die Führung sehr informativ und vom Niveau her präzise unseren Wünschen angepasst. Bitte geben Sie dieses "Lob" auch an "unseren Stadtführer" weiter.
Ralf Zielinski
We also wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed the tour with our guide from your company. Our experience was very moving and definitely the highlight of our trip to Berlin. I'm so glad we followed your advise - thank you for being persistent!
Shelly and Alan Dessen
We are sending this note to let you know how appreciative we were of the tour of Jewish Berlin given by Carolyn. It was all one could want on a tour of such an important place as Berlin on such a sensitive subject. She knew her subject, and almost cried with us for the history of our people.
Richard and Elfriede Schlesinger
My parents and I had the pleasure of being guided through Berlin with Milk and Honey. Our ONLY complaint was that that we did not schedule enough days in order to benefit from their vast knowledge base and love for Berlin.
We found their style of guiding perfectly in synch with our needs in terms of trying to understand the complexity of the past, the intersection of memory and history, the pre war Berlin and the Berlin of today with a renaissance of Jewish life emerging again.
The guides are top level and you will not be disappointed. Just plan longer than you think since Berlin is the most fascinating city with the most complex history that it takes longer than you will be able to carve out for an unforgettable visit to Berlin guided by Milk and Honey.
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