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About me

Manfred Pitz – a Heidel­berger “through and through”

Ever since I was young, I have wanted to see the world. I studied in the city of Mainz and later was trans­ferred to the United States by my first employer. After living on the East and later on the West Coast for two years, I returned to Germany in my early thir­ties. I lived in Munich, Berlin, and Frank­furt before returning to my native town of Heidel­berg in 2012.

Never­the­less, after twenty-five fulfilling and successful years as a manager, I felt more and more like a hamster in a wheel. There­fore, I decided to try some­thing completely new and different at a profes­sional level.

During an extended sabbat­ical I paused and listened to myself – and concluded that I passion­ately love three things most of all: taking care of people, orga­nizing and plan­ning, and driving cars.

The next step was to estab­lish my boutique-style tour service “a friend in heidel­berg”. Its aim is to deliver first-class, indi­vid­u­al­ized service, with a personal touch, always placing the guest’s needs and wishes center stage.