Agreed. Even the relatively amateur tours of this estate included things which, as somebody who's lived here for several years, I just take for granted but can be impressive and/or interesting when noticed for the first time.
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Went on a small guided tour of the incredible Rubin Museum (Himalayan Indian and Tibetan art) in Chelsea, New York, a couple of years - led by a very smart late middle-aged lady.
Something about the personal way she described the exhibits and talked about buddhism, and the business-like way she took Q&A, made me very curious, so I checked the website afterwards. Couldn't find her among the usual guides, but then recognised her from the Rubin Board profiles as Shelley Rubin, the co-founder.
Something about the personal way she described the exhibits and talked about buddhism, and the business-like way she took Q&A, made me very curious, so I checked the website afterwards. Couldn't find her among the usual guides, but then recognised her from the Rubin Board profiles as Shelley Rubin, the co-founder.
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One of the most difficult ones I did was with an Italian group. The day before the Italian leaders had spent a lot of time detailing what they wanted. I spent the night carefully planning and making sure I'd be able to do everything that wanted, and could talk about what they'd see.
About three quarters of the way round one of the Italians, the one who'd been most demanding, started to abuse me, loudly, for not taking them somewhere they'd said they didn't want to go. I was standing in Picadilly being shouted at and insulted for not doing something they'd said they weren't interested in.
I earned my money that day.
About three quarters of the way round one of the Italians, the one who'd been most demanding, started to abuse me, loudly, for not taking them somewhere they'd said they didn't want to go. I was standing in Picadilly being shouted at and insulted for not doing something they'd said they weren't interested in.
I earned my money that day.
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I think the ones in London are probably worth paying for. There's competition and a city of such density and historical layering needs a guide to unravel it. There are a range of guides and the more specialist the better.
I'm always careful outside of Europe though; my experience is that they usually just regurgitate the standard history badly and your big questions remained unanswered.
PS to add, while I have reservations about guided walks they are infinitely preferable to the guided bus tour. The ones in London ought to be banned on pollution grounds alone.
I'm always careful outside of Europe though; my experience is that they usually just regurgitate the standard history badly and your big questions remained unanswered.
PS to add, while I have reservations about guided walks they are infinitely preferable to the guided bus tour. The ones in London ought to be banned on pollution grounds alone.
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