Welcome
About the purpose and aim of this site
Welcome visitor!
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Wim Van Besien is pleased to share his self-built website.
It brings together so many aspects collected over the years, all of which bear witness to the rich, varied and fascinating life that I was fortunate enough to experience.
A story that needs to be told and shared.
And yes, it's a lot of me, myself and I.
The purpose of this site?
The purpose? None, really. Really, just... that it exists. For me.
It's the bringing together of fragmented information, photos, 80 selected videos and 70 blogs about everything and anything that helped shape my life.
Decluttering my life. My alternative to a man cave. Pure occupational therapy.
Can anyone enjoy this?
then that's a bonus...
Reflections of a retired overthinker
65 years...you inevitably look back first. Wow, remember? Cool! But also, hey, don't I see any missed opportunities there?
But you also look ahead. So what now?
So strange that so many people ask me:
And what are you going to do now?
Or
Can you keep yourself busy?
About me
Background story
I was born in Bruges on May 4, 1956. I can be considered an all-round person whose professional life was divided into two periods.
First a period in which a mix of entertainer, manager and multilingual presenter gave me a career in international tourism, resulting in many (world) trips.
Then, after my marriage in 1990, I settled in my hometown of Bruges where I ran a self-established B2B events agency for 28 years:
Perfect+ Event Productions .
Bibliography
Publication of book
"Tourist Traps but Me".
Backpacking Globetrotter Becomes Luxury Cruise Director
(for the moment
only published in Dutch)
Activating Tourism ISBN 9090196668
an adventure,
a review,
a statement,
a look-back
For a synopsis, chapter division, a nice review:
Click on the title or book
Furthermore : various travel blogs, columns, articles, guest lectures
See this webpage:
"Blog: Wim's easy whining and grumbling" .
