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Dear Gabriella, I wanted to thank you again for the wonderful tour to Visegrad and Szentendre last month. It was one of the highlights of our trip to Europe!! You are a wonderful and knowledgeable guide! It is very obvious you have a passion for history and your country. It was a pleasure to meet and share a day in Hungary with you. I would be very happy to give a positive reference for any future clients. Sincerely, Connie Pelz. 2008 December
Dear Gabbie, Thank you so much for your help while we were in Budapest, you made our stay in Budapest very special. We must also thank you for the special attention and consideration you showed Mackenzie (age 7) and Cooper (age 3). Anyone who has traveled with young children knows that you need to be extremely flexible to survive - and you were fantastic with them, even down to providing them with toys in your car :) We enjoyed your knowledge and how you explained things. We also appreciate the insight you gave us into life through the communist times.
Budapest really surprised us - was so much more than we expected and this is in part down to you. So thank you again, you really made our trip to Budapest one to remember.
We have attached a few photos. Please, use our letter or names as a reference for you. Also there is no problem if people would like to contact either of us, we would welcome any questions from potential clients of yours.
Regards Aaron, Anna, Mackenzie & Cooper
Aaron Beveridge , Anna 2008 December
Gabriella Just a short note to, once again, thank you so much for the time you spent with us in Budapest . Your knowledge, good humour and ability to always find a perfect parking space was something special. We really did have an excellent time and will definitely try to visit again soon – I have even downloaded a recipe for Flodni cake from the internet. Our visit to the Opera with you (for less money than a cup of coffee in Tel Aviv!) is a story we have told everyone about. Once again, many many thanks for making our visit so special. Best regards, Jackie, Brian, Loren and Ami
Jackie Milliner, Israel. 2009 November
Hello Gabriella! We are now back to the routine of home life but wanted to thank you very much for a wonderful tour of Budapest . I know there was so much more to explore but you gave us a fantastic insight to Jewish Budapest and more than we could have ever imagined we'd see. Thank you for all your care and detail, understanding what we wanted to do in the time, it was spot on! Such a beautiful city and thank you very much again for helping us enjoy our trip. Hopefully we will return again soon and of course will call you. With our best wishes Sharon and Jonathan, UK. 2008 October
Dear Gabriella:
Back in Canada after a wonderful holiday I wish to thank you for making our visit to Budapest so wonderful. I particular, your attention to our love of music and the Hungarian composers Liszt and Bartok. We visited Liszt's apartment and later took the # 5 bus to visit Bartok's home. That was a wonderful experience.
with best wishes, on behalf of Petr Landau and Drummond Bowden 2008 October
Dear Gabriella, Thank you so much for a wonderful and enlightening Jewish tour of Budapest. We are sorry we did not have another day in Budapest . To be honest with you, if we were planning the trip over we would have spent one day less in Vienna and one more in Budapest. We loved Budapest and were not particularly enamored with Vienna . Fortunately, we decided to take one day and take the train to Salzburg and the lake district, which is beautiful. I am passing your name along to our travel agent Babette Rinis and will also keep it if anyone asks for a guide in Budapest . If you are ever near Washington, please contact me. I know the 6 of us would love to see you.
Be well, Sheila Lebowitz 2008 Sept
Dear Gabby,We made it home safely and wish to thank you again for a wonderful time. You made our trip so much more fun and enjoyable. We loved hearing all about the Stalin Baroque and your life during that time. Best wishes to you and your family and come to see us soon.
Best regards, Geraldine Sherman 2008 Sept
Dear Gabriella, We want to thank you for providing us a fantastic memorable visit. Your knowledge and personality made the history and beauty of Budapest come alive. You provided us a deep appreciation for the art, architecture and history of Budapest . But, most important we felt the warmth and pride of the people. We will always recommend you when we have the opportunity.
Muriel and Alan Hackel 2008 Aug
Dear Gabbie,
I can't believe it has already been 3 weeks since we spent our wonderful day touring Budapest with you. Thank you so much for all of your insight. We absolutely loved our entire time in Budapest thanks to the groundwork and suggestions you gave us.
Your tour was very well thought out and gave us a fabulous orientation for the entire city. Thanks again for making it so special. We'll be giving your name to anyone we know who plans to visit lovely Budapest.
Best regards,
Ann & Mark Feldman (2008 August)
Dear Gabriella,
You were a fantastic guide. You not only shared your knowledge of Budapest but also gave us wonderful tips on things to do and places to go. My only regret is we didn't get a picture of you! I'll take it off the internet. We all enjoyed you very much!!
I gave your name to our neighbor's daughter as she is interested in investing in Budapest so she may call you. I told her you speak impeccable English!!!
If any of my friends go to Budapest I will give them your name. You were the best!!! Thanks for making our stay in Budapest special.
Sincerely,
Diane Thompson (2008 June/July)
Gabriella, you were one of the top highlights of our 50th anniversary trip! Thank you so very much for your enthusiastic and enlightened guidance around Budapest. Our experience there would have been so much less memorable had we not used your services. You brought the city, the countryside, and Hungary’s history and culture to life for us.
Thank you again, Gabriella, for making our time in Budapest very special. You are wonderful at what you do!
Fondly,
Dave and Marilyn Carpenter (2008 March)
Our personal tour guide in Budapest was Gabriella Török the first day that we would heartily recommend.See our writeup on Budapest on our website http://www.seaowl.us/2007rivercruise and click on "4 days in Budapest" in the left column.
Enjoy, BJ
Hello Gabriella,
We wanted to thank you again for the lovely day we spent with you on the Danube Bend tour.
We very much enjoyed our time with you. You are a very informative and delightful guide.
The small detour to that beautiful hideway was very peaceful and enjoyable as was our litte walk.
Best wishes for the future.
Again our thanks,
Warmest regards,
Susan & Elisabeth.(2008 May)
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Dear Gabriella,
I returned home last night, and want to tell you again how much I appreciate the good work you do with my students every year when we visit Budapest. The city touring, as always, was excellent, and the students and I appreciated your enthusiasm, information, and kindness. Again, it was good to see you, and I greatly appreciate your help in making the students' program a success.
Cordially,
Gary R. Weaver, Ph.D.
Professor of Management
Editor in Chief, Business Ethics Quarterly
Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics,
University of Delaware (Jan., 2008)
Dear Gabrielle,
(...) Wanted you to know that you are an absolute DELIGHT, a GRAND ambassador to your country, and you gave all of us such a magnificent treat!!!! THANK YOU for sharing you city/country with us! WE LOVED IT!!!!
Peggy (Juergen, Kathy, Johnny) 2007 November
Dear Gabriella,
Becky, Christie, and Tom would like to express our thanks for the great service you provided to us. We totally enjoyed our trips with you and maybe even learned a little Hungarian history along the way.
Hopefully you did not get the full force of the illness we all endured. Christie and Tom are fine. I am on the mend and Becky is still coughing a lot.
Vienna and Prague were nice, but they cannot cope with Budapest. When the pictures are posted on the web, I'll email you again.
Wish you the very best.
Erwin 2007 November
Gabriella, Thank you so much for the enthusiastic tour you gave to us and our friends. It was by far the best tour we experienced during our three week vacation in Europe . Your knowledge of and love for your country shines through in your every explanation. We definitely plan on returning to Budapest for a longer stay and will call on you once again to guide us. --
Warmest regards,
Mary and David Bock Houston, Texas (2007, October)
' Gabi, Merci and I made it home safe and sound. In retrospect, our time with you was the highlight of the trip. Merci and or I will email something later to you for use on your web site. We may post it somewhere else for potential clients to see. On a cultural note, Americans are different from one another, just like Hungarians are different from one another. I have found that most Americans are direct and honest. Particularly, those from America 's heartland, the midwest USA . Merci and I are from Missouri, right in the middle of the midwest. Our parents were middle class, hard working people. The point is when we say something, we mean it. So, when we say you were the highlight of our trip, we mean you were the highlight of our trip. Thanks for making our trip memorable. Although we liked it, our trips to Salzburg and Vienna were too "commercial". Next time we will take the time to research finding a guide that can teach us more about each location. '
Patrick Dulany 2007 September
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Gabriella-
Well after a 9 hour direct flight home, I am finally back to work.
On behalf our all of us, I would like to tell you that you are one of the best guides that we have ever had. And we are very discriminating about our guides!! You never have down time, you spoke to us all of the time, and imparted much knowledge to us about the political changes that you and your family grew up with. You kept our attention even when we were in the car, or just walking around. I think you confused boredom on our part, with truly concentrating on what you were saying. I hope that you enjoyed your short time with us as well. (…)
Please feel free to use me as a reference, as you can always give out my email address if some potential client is looking to speak with one of your previous clients. It would be my pleasure. You students must be lucky to have you as a teacher.
Gabriella, thanks again for being so professional!!!
Wendy Zucker NY, USA 2007, July
I cannot tell you how much we enjoyed spending the day with you last week. We gave a toast to you at dinner that night and the next! .... Again - thank you, thank you, thank you, for making our trip so memorable. Peter and I definitely plan to return to Budapest some day, and we would love to see you again.
Warmest regards, Janet. 2007 August
Dear Gabriella,We want to thank you again for making our trip so special in Budapest. Without you it would not have been the same... It meant so much for David to visit his roots and learn so much of the history. We loved your surprises where we got to see and eat, and drink things I know we would not have done had we not had you as our guide. We went on to Vienna and then Prague and even though we did love Prague, you were right, we loved Budapest the most.If you ever need to use us for a recommendation, please feel free to do so.Our very best regards,David & Judy 2007, June
Dear Gabriella, A brief note of appreciation for making our holiday in Budapest complete. Your knowledge of your city and your country is matched only by your boundless enthusiasm and energy. Shortly after we parted on Thursday we began to explore the Palace. Within moments each of use had posed at least one question. And then, almost in unison, we exclaimed, "Where's Gabriella? She surely has all the answers! We miss her already!" You can imagine how pleased we were to see you on Friday when we ran into you at the synagogue! Please be assured that we will sing your praises to all of our friends who plan to visit Budapest. And please use us as a reference with any future clients. We hope the attached photos of our gang will bring a smile. They are sent with the sincere thanks and warmest wishes of Barbara, Wendy, Liz, Nick, Andy, Ellen and, of course, me! Joe
Joseph D. Harbaugh, Dean and Professor Shepard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University.
Hi Gabriella! We both want to thank you so much for making our short trip to Budapest so special. We feel blessed to be able to experience other places and cultures, and having you help us learn about the history, people, etc. made it so much fun for us. If you ever make it to California, please do look us up – we would love to show you a little American hospitality. Cheers, Pauline (and Dennis) Kuklis, 2006, December.
Gabriella, We just wanted to thank you again for the wonderful enthusiastic tour you provided our group Barbara Braun's (USA) group. Jim and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to the history lessons, customs and your personal experiences. We returned home with a great appreciation and understanding of your country and especially Budapest. Excellent Job!!
Betty and Jim, 2006, October.
Hello again, We just arrived back home and are getting reacclimated. We all want to thank you for the wonderful tour you gave us in Budapest. It added greatly to our trip and were sorry we could not coordinate an additional tour on the next day as I'm sure that would have been wonderful as well. We did get to see the inside of your Parliament bldg and it was sensational. Thank you again. Larry Rosendorf, 2006, October
Hi - It's Tuesday and we already miss you and Peter. We could not find your address on the Web Page and would very much like to send you some photos and an invitation to our home and a thank you note. We will keep in touch with you both, Love and many thanks, Elaine (Dorothea) and Charlie, 2006, September
Gabriella, we have so enjoyed Budapest and are sad to be leaving tomorrow. We have learned so much about the culture and history of this fine country and have done most of the activities that you recommended. We truly enjoyed spending time with you last Friday, and wish that we could have had a couple of days with you, but we do understand that you have a very busy schedule. I just can't say enough about what a great experience this has been for us. Thanks again, and if you ever decide to visit the United States, please do not hesitate to contact us. - Amy & Bill Bowen, May 15, 2006
Hello Gabriella, You were so kind as to give us your business card when we were recently in Budapest. We love your city and hope to return again one day. Our door is always open in the USA, please contact us if you ever wish to come to North Carolina for a visit. Please know that we will pass on your contact information to anyone we know who is going to Budapest. Linda and Don Mattocks, New Bern, NC
Dear Gabriella-- we have such great memories of Budapest. You really made our trip there very memorable. I am putting a recommendation on the Fodors website for you. It's up on www.fodors.com, click on talk, then click on europe for forum, then scroll to Hungary for topic and you should see it!
(http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=2&tid=34805407)
Thanks again for a wonderful one and half days in Budapest. We hope to get back to your beautiful country again someday so that we may see the countryside.- Best regards, Kathy
Hi Gabriella, We arrived home Sunday night, tired but happy! Our trip was wonderful and we thank you for making Budapest so interesting that we want to return someday. Thanks, Barbara Yeargin, USA, 2006 April
The highlight of my many weeks in Europe was the time spent getting acquainted with you and the exciting trips you provided. I will be sending the reference for your web site when I return home. Thank you with all my heart for the unforgettable experiences and for your warm friendship.- Maxine Constable, USA 2006 April
I cannot tell you how much we enjoyed spending the day with you last week. We gave a toast to you at dinner that night and the next!
I have to be honest with you -my first impressions of Budapest were not as wonderful as I had expected they would be. When we got off the train, we were immediately surrounded by taxi drivers, who continued to harrass us and follow us to the street. It was very uncomfortable for me - and we ended up walking to the hotel. A little later, Chris was treated very rudely by a clerk at a music store. I kept reminding myself that my mother - who visited in the mid-1980's - told me many times what a wonderful city Budapest was, so I knew that I hadn't yet seen that side of the city.
But thanks to you, we were able to see what a beautiful and vibrant city Budapest is - and we all fell in love with it. The history is so rich, and much of it so difficult, that we very much admire the people and their spirit. We told Chris to come back in 20 years (or sooner!) to see the difference, because we're sure that the city will really be clean and shining by then.
We spent our 2nd day - which you will remember was absolutely perfect weather-wise - leisurely strolling the covered market & Vaci Utca, having cinnamon ice cream outside that large cafe (I don't remember the name of the square), walking the Chain Bridge, and having lunch up in the castle area in Buda. We discovered the lovely promenade on the back side looking to the Buda Hills. We walked along the river to The Shoes, then caught the tram and took it all the way down to the end and back up again. Oh, we did go to the Applied Arts museum in the morning - it was OK, but not really worth it. The exhibits were very small. That night we had a wonderful dinner at Nostalgia, and then walked the Chain Bridge again to see the lights of the city. It was a perfect day, and we were very sorry that it was our last.
There are 2 teachers at the school where I work who are coming to Budapest this summer, so I will be sure to give them your name and email address. I don't know what they have planned at this point, but I will certainly recommend that they try to have a tour with you.
Again - thank you, thank you, thank you, for making our trip so memorable. Peter and I definitely plan to return to Budapest some day, and we would love to see you again. Warmest regards, Janet. - April 22, 2006
We really enjoyed your tour and getting to know you. In Budapest we took your advise and went to the postal museum and really loved it. It is a beautiful place. The people there were very helpful as well. So thanks once again. We would not have found it on our own. Hope all is well with you and your family and Happy Easter!!
Ameeta 2007 April
Thank you for your kind efforts during our short stay in Budapest. We enjoyed getting to know you and learning more about Hungary through your eyes. Craig. -2006, April 17 Northfield, USA
Dear Gabriella, Just to let you know that we all arrived home safely, and to thank you again for a most enjoyable day in your company. We particularly appreciated the way you treated us as individuals and tailored your tour to suit the time available and our varied interests. Our visit to the spa baths was the highlight of our week. I hope to visit your lovely city again soon and will be in touch. Thank you again. Respectfully yours, Neil. 2006, March 7, UK
Dear Gabriella, Thank you again for the marvelous tour you provided us. You made the trip worth taking. Your friend and fan, Ed. 2006, March 6, USA
"Dear Gabi, Thanks for being a wonderful tour guide! The group always loves you because you are such a hard working and kind guide. We will look forward to seeing you next year. Fondly, Sandy, Andy- " Sandra M. Fields, University of Delaware, USA, February, 2006
"I want to thank you again for a great experience that you brought to us and all the help during our stay in Hungary, Karen was even saying now each time when she thinks of Hungary she is going to think about you :-)." Jenny Huang, New York, USA, December, 2005
"Gabriella, our guide in Hungary is a gem and I want to take the opportunity to pass this information along to everyone. I can't say enough good about her and we would highly recommend her to anyone planning a trip to Budapest or Hungary. We will never forget our whole experience of the country and especially the people. The other tours were as interesting but not as much fun as with her. She was a delight to be with for a couple days."
Janet and Allen J. H. , USA, November, 2005
"Greetings from Los Angeles! We often speak of our happy days in Hungary and how much you added to our trip. Best wishes and I hope all is well with you and your family."
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