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History Walks Venice is run by René Seindal. René is Danish by birth, but lives in Venice for fifteen years with Martina, his Venetian wife, and their two dogs Stella and Giubba. René has an M.A. in History and Italian, and a B.Sc. in computer science and math, both from the University of Copenhagen. He is also an authorized tour leader (accompagnatore turistico) in Italy.

Our personal (Dutch) blog, mostly travel, but also some woodworking or small personal messages. Oldest posts are copies of newspaper articles from 1990 about a trip through Africa. But also sailing the Tres Hombres and 2,5 year through Latin-America. Latest travel is by bike to Sweden. Latest articles are about my masterpiece for my education to become a Restoration Carpenter.

Retired NHS, doing long walks around UK and the world to record the great bits. Focused on Good Beer Guide pubs and live music.