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NL, 21 July 2010,
Frontline tours biedt een buitengewoon interessant en gevarieerd programma in Ieper en omgeving. Door de kleinschaligheid kan er zeer veel rekening worden gehouden met de wensen van de klant. Voor mij was het dan ook het hoogtepunt van mijn bezoek aan Ieper. Iedereen die deze stad bezoekt en geïnteresseerd is in de rijke geschiedenis van de omgeving kan eigenlijk niet om Frontline tours heen.
David van Duuren
UK, 20 July 2010,
You very kindly took me and my four colleagues for a tour on Wednesday afternoon last. It was a very wet day and we sure were lucky to be taken round by you as you are well prepared for all weathers. Thank you so much for making our visit a very informative one. It was a good taster and I certainly, and I know some of the others too, will be back.
Andrew Grantham
UK, 17 July 2010,
Thank you so much for the tour - it makes such a difference to see the land and have it explained after having read about the war. We learned so much, four hours was not nearly enough and we hope to come back for some more in the next year or so. We loved the slides which made it all come alive, and especially the clearest explanation of the causes of the war that I have ever heard.
Toby and Angela Churchill
UK, 24 June 2010,
We just wanted to say how grateful we are for your considerate tour of the salient on June12th. Treating our father with such respect and doing the tour at his pace was indeed a blessing. The insights we gained on the tour were pivotal to a great weekend. Thank you. We may be back for more!
Chris, David, Stephen and Cecil Green
England, 20 June 2010,
Many thanks for your time and Historical information you gave us during the many Battlefield Sites/Memorial Cemeteries we visited with you on this day. The personal approach you have is to be recommended.
Robin & Dianne Sharvin
Northern Cyprus, 20 june 2010,
Perfect tour. Just a few words of appreciation for the excellent full day tour that you gave us of the Flanders WW1 Battle Fields. Your tours are well researched, hugely enjoyable and very good value. The combination of our stay at Varlet Farm (Passendale)and your tour made our visit to the area one to remember for a long time to come. Well done Lionel!
Paul Robinson and James McCamley
UK, 31 May 2010,
We have just returned from a weekend away in Bruges and were keen to have a have a tour of the main sights of Ypres. Lionel was a first class guide, with lots of interesting information and stories. We would definitely recommend him to anyone else visiting the area.
Ruth, Peter, Jonathan & Benjamin Adams
UK, 27 May 2010
Your knowledge, insite and humour made this a most enjoyable and worthwhile tour , back in April. Thank you so much, and we hope to see you again next year.
Regards Steve, Sarah, Norman, and Jeanne
UK, 21 May 2010
We booked a 4 hour tour for our first visit to Ypres and Lionel did not disappoint us. He was very knowledgable and made you feel part of the history of the area. There is so much to see that 4hours was not long enough. The mini bus was very comfortable with air-conditioning and we would recommend this company.
John Hyett
Australia, 23 May 2010
Just a great big thank you, for an informative and moving experience. It was one of the biggest highlights of our trip, and it is truly unforgettable to see the battlefields and cemeteries around the Ypres Salient, which enhanced our knowledge of the First World War. Also a very personnel touch by taking the time to take us to my wife's great uncles grave site and it was this personal touch that made it such a unique and touching experience. So thank you once again.
Ben & Lauren Hokin
UK, 20 May 2010
We wanted to thank you once again for the wonderful tour you gave us last week. You really brought to life the terrible times the soldiers lived through. We all found it very moving and were very grateful for the research you had done on the attack at Morteldje Estaminet where our Great Uncle died. You made it very personal to us. We would definitely recommend your tours.
Sue,Ros,Jack & Chris
Dublin, Ireland, 2 may 2010
Hi Lionel, just a note on behalf of all of us to thank you for a wonderful tour last monday. We really enjoyed it, you provided us with a deeper insight into the battle in Flanders where our Grandfather fell( St Julien) we hope to return maybe next year, this time we shall stay in Ieper and hopefully you will do a full day with us. anyway thanks again for a wonderful day.
Eamonn White
Dumfries Scotland, 28 april 2010
Finding Lionel for our battlefield tour was a great stroke of luck. The five hours we spent flew by and we learned an enormous amount about Ieper and WWI. Lionel's thorough knowledge of the area and it's history, and his slides and anecdotes made it a wonderful day for us. Thank you.
Tom & June
US, 21 april 2010
Lionel proved to be the perfect guide on our tour last week. Initially I thought four hours might prove a bit too long but the time flew in and such was Lionel's knowledge and enthusiasm we could have spent hours more. Not many bargains left nowadays, but this is one of them!
The Davidsons
UK, 15 april 2010
Many thanks for a very enjoyable and informative tour last week; I learned many new and interesting facts and only wish we'd had more time to explore further!
Julian Blackmore
UK, 7 april 2010
Many thanks for including us on your four hour morning tour last Wednesday. It was an interesting morning made all the better by the weather. Our granddaughter, Hollie, learnt a lot more than if she had been on a school trip. She enjoyed her visit and knows that Belgium has a lot more to see on another visit.
Thanks again for such an interesting morningIan & Jennifer Chalmers
US, 23rd March 2010
Thank you Lionel for a great tour, we all really enjoyed the morning and you were really friendly and informative, you really brought what happened there alive and even made me cry! We would recommend you to anyone wanting to visit Ieper, as taking the tour as an introduction was really helpful in finding out about what happened in the different areas that we would have perhaps not known about if we were looking around by ourselves. We hope to return to Ieper one day and would definitely be interested in taking another of your tours as we know there is still so much to see as 5 days was not long enough to take it all in.
Thanks again and we look forward to seeing you again.Ali, Jase and Harold Hobbs
U.K., 12 march 2010
Our thanks to Lionel, The only way to visit the battle fields, A very informative tour. We all would recommend you to any one. The seven welsh lads, We got back safely to Lille. Once again thank you for your wonderful hospitality.
Charlie Owen Otley
Wales U.K., 12 march 2010
Just a quick note, to thank you for time and effort you put in to making our tour with your company an unforgettable experience. We all thought you so helpfull and went over and above to help us with train times etc, we did manage to see the last post would not hesitate to recommend. regards
Chris Saunders
Nederland, 17 maart 2010
Vandaag maakte ik met Lionel een tour van vier uur langs enkele hoogtepunten uit WO I. De middag vloog voorbij en was zeer instructief, vol detail, met liefde en aandacht gebracht en af en toe zelfs ontroerend. Aanbevolen!
Michiel van Kleef
Canada, October 2009
My mom and I had a tour from you in October and really enjoyed it. Thanks again and we will recommend you to anyone from our little corner of the world that might be going to Belgium.
Trevor and Carole Miller
België, 8 januari 2010
Bedankt voor de indrukwekkende rondleiding in en om Ieper. Zonder gids moet je niet naar hier komen omdat je simpelweg de geschiedenis en de kleine details niet kent. Wij zijn 2 jonge mensen die enkel de oorlog kennen van de schoolbanken en de TV. Als je hier echt bent geweest en de massale kerkhoven en loopgraven onder ogen krijgt wordt je toch wel even stil. Spijtig dat de 2 uur voorbij vlogen.
Rob en Katrien Van Uffel
England, 3 december 2009
On behalf of myself and my wife & daughter I would like to thank you for the wonderful tour you did for us last Thursday afternoon - 3rd December. Your knowledge and passion for the whole battlefield area along with your flexibility and suggestions made for a really truly memorable experience for us. I was personally very grateful to have had the opportunity to see my Grandfather's memorial at Ploegsteert and for that thank you very much. We stayed in Ieper for the last post which rounded off a very enjoyable and emotional day. Once again thank you very much for the tour and we will certainly recommend Frontline Tours.
Kind Regards, Martin Lennon
Zürich, 5 Dezember 2009
Ich war am 19.10.09 den ganzen Tag unterwegs auf dem Schlachtfeld und hatte das Glück, Hr. Roosemont, den Guide alleine für mich zu haben und voll und ganz von seinem historischen Wissen über das ganze Schlachtgeschehen zu profitieren. Ich war tief beeindruckt von den genauen Details der Ereignisse in Verbindung mit der schönen westflandrischen Landschaft unter der noch das mörderische Grauen mit seinen zugeschütteten Schtüzengrben und Toten liegt. Dieser Krieg muss der ganzen Menschheit als Erinnerung und Mahnung für künftige Generationen dienen und sollte uns lernen, ehrfurchts- und verantwortungsvoll mit unserer Vergangenheit umzugehen. Denn wer die Vergangenheit und seine Geschichte auszulöschen versucht und ignoriert, ist auch geneigt, verantwortungslos und kopflos sich in das nächste zukünftige Abenteuer zu stürzen, ohne sich dabei über die Konsequenzen für die nächste Generation im klaren zu sein. Hr. Roosemont sei deshalb auch nochmals herzlich gedankt, dass er mir die Türe für eine alte und neue Welt aufstiess und diese in einem erweiterten Horizont zu verschmelzen wusste mit seinem Wissen, das auf Menschlichkeit beruht.
Esra Richter
US, 16 oktober 2009
We had a very informative tour with Lionel,it is the only way to see a lot in a short time. You miss a lot if you try to do it on your own.
Randall
Nederland, 14 oktober 2009
Wij willen u graag bedanken voor de interessante tocht die wij vandaag gemaakt hebben. Met veel enthousiasme heeft u ons verteld over de gebeurtenissen in en rond Ieper in de eerste wereldoorlog. De \"slides\" werkten zeer verhelderend en hebben ons veel duidelijk gemaakt. Vooral Sanctuary Wood heeft veel indruk gemaakt. We kijken er met veel genoegen op terug. Wie weet tot een volgend keer.
Paul en Astrid Roding
België, 26 september 09
Eerst en vooral bedankt voor de zeer interessante tocht door Ieper en omgeving. De informatie was enorm leerrijk en boeiend. We kijken er zeker naar uit om ook kennis te maken met de andere georganiseerde tochten doorheen dit stukje Westhoek. We kijken de agenda na en zoeken naar een datum ergens in februari- maart. We zullen later contact opnemen om verdere regelingen te treffen i.v.m. deze uitstappen. Nogmaals bedankt en tot een van de volgende keren.
Groetjes Marc en Kathy De Boeck – Moens
Great Brittain, 15 September 09
We have just returned from our holiday and would like to thank you for our tour 15th September, we thoroughly enjoyed our afternoon with Lionel and learnt so much about the area, this made the rest of our stay in Belgium easier to plan as we knew exactly where we wanted to go. We went to the last post on two evenings - very moving, and headed to kemmelberg and the pool of peace by ourselves as advised by Lionel at the end of our tour - once again thank you.
Alison Crisp
Nederland, 20.9.'9
Geweldige rondleiding gehad, wij Nederlanders weten weinig van de 1ste wereldoorlog. Maar door de tour en de goede uitleg zeggen wij: 'doen'! Zeer interesant en bedankt.
Siem, Maria en Elly Hoogerwaard
Scotland, 2 September 2009
I would just like to say thank you very much for the tour of Iper Salient, it was a fantastic experience, and I enjoyed it thoroughly, and also thank you for expanding the tour, and for allowing me time to take photographs of the graves.
It was a valuable experience to see the places where the men fought, and to see the Wieltje area. You made it thoughly enjoyable, and with the depth of your knowlege, the experience was even more valuable to me. I also thorougly enjoyed our conversations as we were driving from place to place.
I would like to come again and will I will certainly be in touch in the future.Thanks again.
Tom Canty
Great Britain, 22 August 2009
My friend & I recently undertook a 6 hour private tour, which was excellent. We were picked up on time from our hotel and the minibus was very comfortable. Lionel was knowledgeable and we had a very interesting day. I do not hesitate to recommend this company.
Thank you
Wayne Browning
England, 20 August 2009
During our stay at the Novotel Hotel in Ieper, my wife and myself joined your 2 hour Tour covering the Northern Salient and Passchendaele on Friday the 14th August 2009.
We found the Tour a truly moving experience and although we had visited the Ieper area before, your presentation using your vast knowledge of the War, demonstrated the horrors of the Battles and the conditions that the Soldiers had to fight in and contend with.
May we take this opportunity to thank you for your expertise, and we will pass on your contact details to our friends who may be visiting Belgium.
Be assured that when we are next in Ieper, we will contact you for a further Tour.
Many thanks once againGlenda and Ian Rothwell
South Africa, 20 July 2009
I found the 3-4 tour of the trenches and the grave sites very interesting and informative. It is a moving experience for someone from outside of Europe like myself. Lionel also makes it inspiring by reading letters that some of the soldiers wrote as they watched their fellow comrades die by their side. Thank you
Peter Rice
16 June 2009
We found ourselves staying the night at Hostellerie Kemmelberg and read the Frontline Tours pamphlet. The hotel recommended the tour and we are really please that we took the advice and booked the 4 hour tour, which actually over-ran by thirty minutes. We could have listened for longer. Lionel took us all over the Salient, the mine-fields, museum and to so many sites. The whole experience was enhanced by his personal knowledge and interest in the subject, imparted with great enthusiam and supported by photographs, plans, maps etc. All this was enjoyed from a most comfortable vehicle, which was large enough for six or seven passengers. We shall definitely recommend Frontline Tours to everyone we know who is going to Flanders.
Kris & Barry Musikant
29 Mai 2009
I would like to thank Frontline Tours for a wonderful personalised tour of the places where my great grandfather Major Julius Kennedy DSO served with his Royal Field Artillery Battery in Summer-Autumn 1917. This was at no notice, so extremely impressive.
Tim Kennedy
Deutschland, 21 April 2009
Ihre Tour war sehr informativ, man kann sie unbedingt empfehlen!
Weiterhin viel Erfolg!
Mit freundlichen GrüssenJutta Kuhse-Kemper und Knut Kuhse
Canada, 12 Mai 2009
We would like to say thank you to Frontline Tours for an excellent tour. We particularly wanted to see the grave of Ireland’s best known war poet, Francis Ledwidge. Lionel brought us there and also pointed out the monument erected where Francis fell. We also visited Essex Farm Cemetery, where John McCrea worked and composed “In Flanders’ Fields”. Lionel told us a lot about the conditions the soldiers found themselves in, surrounded by the Germans on high ground, and being shelled out of it even as they were only on their way out of Ieper. He pointed out certain graves and explained stories attached to them. All told, we felt Frontline Tours gave us a very personal and well thought out tour and much to follow up on (by way of reading & DVD) when we got home. Thanks so much – we highly recommend Frontline Tours.
Sheila & Tony Murphy, Drogheda, Ireland
Canada, 26 April 2009
It was our great pleasure to have experienced a 2 hour tour with a focus on Canadian troops' history in WW1. The guide was well informed and prepared with numerous laminated printouts and maps that he would show throughout the tour. We were very lucky in having a personal tour just between the guide and us two, which was very personalized and individual. Lionel even did not take the 2 hours as a strict time limit, enabling us to have fun over almost 2.5 hours. Highly recommended!
Thank you so much, it was an unforgettable experience!!Stefan & Vanessa from Canada
Great Britain, 22 March 2009
Just a quick note to say many thanks for the tour you gave me on Tuesday 11th March in the afternoon. You gave a very personal, knowledgable explanation of the Salient and helped me get an overall view of the First World War in a very short time. I would not have been able to find all those places in the short time that I had available without you. I will obviously have to spend more time now understanding those truly terrible events.
Many thanksNick
Belgie, 23 februari 2009
Als belg ben ik fier over het verhaal en de rol dat de belgen gespeelt hebben in de oorlog van 14-18 hoe zij, ook al is het maar 1 dag, de duitsers tegen gehouden hebben in Luik. Maar het meest ben ik onder de indruk hoe al die landen komen strijden zijn in Belgi en wat deze mensen allemaal hebben meegemaakt. Dit hebben wij met de profesionele begeleiding van Lionel precies echt meebeleefd. Het was echt een heel leerrijke ervaring en zeker voor ons zoontje die heel erg gefassineerd is door deze gebeurtenis. Bedankt nogmaals lionel
Hans, Lincy en Senne
Australia, February 5
Travel as a result of work enabled me to do the four hour tour on 31 January. This turned out to be the experience of a lifetime - Lionel was as generous with his time as he was with his information. He is a real expert in the subject and also in communicating the facts. I intend to visit the Ypres salient again - in his inestimable company! You will never regret taking this tour. The way Lionel moves around the salient, making a complex topography seem simple, is a great experience. I would recommend this to anyone interested in a first hand exposure of those tragic years in this surprisingly small part of Belgium. Afterwards make sure you stroll around the town of Ypres itself, and try to catch the 'last post' at the Menin Gate
Albert Farrugia Canberra
England, November 16
Number of us went on the Kemmel tour and we were so impressed that we booked the Passchendale tour for the following day. Lionel gave not only the usual tour but imparted some interesting and thoughtful opinions also.
We recommend Frontline Tours
Andy Taylor
Australia, October 18
What a fantastic and knowledgable guide Lionel is. My husband and I orginally booked for the 2 hour Northern Salient and Passchendaele tour and half way through that tour we both decided to extend it to include the Mine Battle tour. We were totally blown away by Lionels passion for his subject. We would certainly recommend his tour.
Thank you again Lionel.
Pauline & Rohan Gleeson
Canada, October 5
I, along with two friends of mine, took a tour of Ieper and the WWI battlegrounds with Lionel from Frontline Tours in September 2008. We all thoroughly enjoyed our experience and were so thankful to have received such a well-informed and personal tour. We were captivated and moved by the wealth of knowledge and passion that Lionel had for the subject. We were so enthralled by the stories and the history of the area that we were dissapointed when the tour came to an end. I recommend to anyone who has an interest in WWI history to arrange for a tour with Frontline Tours. My friends and I agree that it is an experience that we will not soon forget.
Thank you Lionel!
Jane Van Criekingen
Nederland, 20 september 2008
In de zomervakantie zijn wij samen drie dagen in Belgie geweest, een dagje Antwerpen, een dagje Brussel en een dag naar Ieper. Vooral het dagje Ieper was erg indrukwekkend. Een tante die Ieper al eerder bezocht had was erg enthousiast over de rondleiding van frontline tours en zei dat we dit echt niet moesten missen. Dit advies hebben we dan ook opgevolgd en het was zeer geslaagd!! De informatie die de gids ons gaf over de Eerste Wereldoorlog en de plaatsen die wij hierbij bezochten hebben indruk op ons gemaakt. We zullen Ieper en haar geschiedenis niet snel vergeten.
Nogmaals willen we u hiervoor bedanken. Ook anderen bevelen we deze tocht aan.Ariette en Gerineke Nieuwenhuis
England, August 26
My Wife and I are very were very pleased with our tour of Ypres also for the knowledge and courtesy shown to us by our guide, it was a very informative tour, full of interesting scenery, and we would like to thank our guide , Lionel, for his help and endeavour to customise this brief tour to suit our needs and situation.
Thanks Again
Ibrahim & Crissi
Australia, August 10
My daughter and I want to express our most sincere thanks for the excellent tour Frontline Tours arranged for us of the Ypres Salient. In particular, the courtesy, knowledge and sensitivity of the guide, Lionel, to our individual needs was deeply appreciated. The fact that he had researched about the Australian participation in the battles made our own specific journey much more meaningful and I will certainly be spreading the word in Australia! I have a number of friends who are interested in travelling to visit the battlefields who would benefit immensely from the type of tour you provide. My husband was delighted that we had seen so much and in particular that were looked after so very well. I know Frontline Tours is the perfect touring advisor to help us tailor-make a trip which will visit all the key sites we now know about. Concerning our relative, it is so comforting to know that we were in the general area and that some of the unanswered questions are now clearer to us. Again, our most sincere thanks and very kind regards.
Colleen van Hemert