I am a passionate, creative, flexible native English speaking local Montreal expert and guide.A Montreal local guide since 1992.I enjoy offering extraordinary local Montreal experiences tailored to each guest.I am Montrealer, proud McGill University graduate and continue educational workshops, training and classes to learn to improve.My Montreal tours, are unique experienced filled with anecdotes, stories & humour.I specialize in food/ culinary arts neighbourhoods tours, photography tours, fashion & design tours, art, cultural, traditions, politics, architecture, the Montreal metro and the underground city and history.I offer helicopter tours( with a pilot), walking tours of Montreal, driving tours, bike tours, tours using public transportation or with a driver and vehicle, sprinters as well as motor coach tours of Montreal, Ottawa, the outlining areas.I can include Jewish Heritage, Leonard Cohen into your tour.I can also include history and hertiage of other cultural groups, including Montreal's LGBTQ history into your customised tours.Just ask.Past guests include public figures and personalities, diplomats, delegations, business corporate travelers, politicians, journalists, film crews, conference & event planners, cruise ship guests, wedding parties, specialised groups, pilgrimages, couples, friends trips, families and solo & travallers..The tours offered are a base, all tours can be furthered customised to your needs for indivuals or groups.I am polyglot, but English is my mother tongue.My diverse back ground in the tourism and travel industry includes: Concierge at the Fairmount Queen Elizabeth hotel, working at the airports, destination management companies, incentive houses as a corporate travel director with companies like American Express, international tour operators that include Globus, as a tour manager, public speakers and workshop presenter.I have worked for Tourism Montreal's as media relations manager as well as in the, business, convention and communication departments since 1993.This includes working with sales team to bring international conferences to Montreal.I have also worked as for Tourism Québec in various capacities that include developing programmes for emerging markets, consultant, leading familiarization tours, working with film crews and organizing events.I continue to work as a private concierge and offer training, evaluation in the tourism industry both in Montreal & abroad.I am photographer, I sing, am dance teacher and still perform on occasion I am an avid traveller, having visited to 113 countries and lived for periods of 3 to 6 months in 25 different places world wide that include Egypt, India, the Arabian Gulf , Italy, London, Spain etc.I travel for work, study languages, dance, music, photograph, art and culinary art.I collect art & antique tribal jewellery.During my travels I learn to cook unusual dishes from locals, which I create at home.On my journeys I give workshops, training and volunteer.The type of travel, my international network , my experiences and the languages I can communicate in have open doors but have also helped me in offering truely personalised private tours and experiences in Montreal.I was President Emeritus and current Executive Board Member of the World Federation of Tourist Guide Association.The international organization representing tourist guides world wide and I have been involved since 1993.My international involvement with colleagues who are local experts & private guides world wide has taught me to observe, improve, learn and share experiences continuously to be a better guide but also to share knowledge with others.I was also president twice of our local tourist guide association in Montreal and continue to be an active member.Testimonials are available including some of the magazine, newspapers, TV and radio productions that I have been featured in.They include National Geographic Traveller, Australian TV, the Amazing Race, Boston Globe, the Guardian, the Evening Standard, BBC, and others..