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Sunday,
May 8 |
Depart — Charlotte to Munich, Munich to London
Be at the Lufthansa check-in no later than 2:50!
[Allow plenty of time for security check-in.] |
Monday,
May 9 |
Arrive in Munich, 8:00 am; depart Munich 1:00 pm.
Arrive at London Heathrow, 2:10 pm.
After hotel check-in: London walkabout & orientation — the tube, Leicester Square (half-price theatre ticket booth), Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus.
Evening: dinner with group. |
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Tuesday,
May 10 |
London — Leave hotel at 8:50 am for for Tower of London
Afternoon: British Museum & National Gallery. |
Wednesday,
May 11 |
London — Leave hotel at 8:30am for walking tour of Green Park, Buckingham Palace, St. James's Park, The Mall, Whitehall, Horse Guards, Downing Street, Big Ben, Parliament & Westminster Abbey.
Afternoon: EXPLORE LONDON —
British Library, Imperial War Museum, St. Bartholomew the Great, Victoria & Albert Museum, Cabinet War Rooms, Madame Tussaud's, Harrods, Kew Gardens, St. Paul's, Museum of London, Old Bailey, Clink Prison Museum, Tower Bridge, Millennium Bridge, Globe Theatre, Tate Britain, Tate Bankside Gallery of Modern Art. |
Thursday,
May 12 |
London — Early Rising!! for 6:30am departure, with luggage, from hotel for Waterloo Station and train, Eurostar (8:12am), to Paris, arriving 11:47am.
After hotel check-in and lunch: Paris walkabout & orientation — Ile de la Cite, Notre Dame, Conciergerie, Saint Chapelle, Latin Quarter, Pantheon, etc. Wander! Explore & enjoy Paris! |
Friday,
May 13 |
Paris — Leave hotel at 8:15am for Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysees, Place de la Concorde, La Madeleine, Les Tuileries, the Louvre.
Afternoon: EXPLORE PARIS —
Eiffel Tower, Musée Picasso, Musée Rodin, Les Invalides, the Sewers, Place de l'Alma, Sacre-Coeur, Luxembourg Gardens, Cimetière Père-Lachaise, La Defense, Galéries Lafayette, Au Printemps, La Samaritaine, the markets. |
Saturday,
May 14 |
Paris — Leave hotel at 8:20am for visit to the Marais district, Les Halles, Pompidou Center.
Afternoon: EXPLORE PARIS — As above. |
Sunday,
May 15 |
Paris — Leave hotel at 9:00am for & Musée d'Orsay.
Afternoon: EXPLORE PARIS — As above. |
Monday,
May 16 |
Paris — Leave hotel with luggage at 8:40am for coach trip to Bastogne via stopovers in Reims and the American Cemetery in Luxembourg.
Evening: 7:30pm dinner with group at Hotel Melba in Bastogne. |
Tuesday,
May 17 |
Bastogne — Gather in hotel at 8:30am with Colonel Henri Mignon for brief introduction; then visit to the Bastogne Historical Center and the American Memorial, the forest before Foy (Easy Company's 60-year-old foxholes), Houffalize, Lanzerath (Lt. Bouck's heroic stand), Trois-Ponts, Malmedy, the Siegfried Line. |
Wednesday,
May 18 |
Bastogne — Early rising!! Leave hotel at 7:00am with luggage for journey by coach to Cologne (Köln) and by train from Cologne to Berlin.
After hotel check-in: Berlin walkabout & orientation— Ku'damm, Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche (the "Hollow Tooth"), Europa Center, the Berlin U-Bahn, S-Bahn, buses (bus #100—Brandenburg Gate, Unter den Linden, Berliner Dom, Alexanderplatz, etc.). [Do not ride without canceling your ticket.] |
Thursday,
May 19 |
Berlin — Leave hotel at 9:00am for extensive bus tour of Berlin.
Afternoon: Checkpoint Charlie Museum and Jüdisches Museum.
EXPLORE BERLIN —
Holocaust Memorial, Topographie des Terrors, Reichstag Dome, Potsdamer Platz, KaDeWe, Schloss Charlottenburg, Ägyptisches Museum, Deutsches Technikmuseum, various walking tours, or ride bus #100 or #200. |
Friday,
May 20 |
Berlin — Leave hotel at 9:15 for Pergamon Museum.
Afternoon: Gemäldegalerie and EXPLORE BERLIN — as above. |
Saturday,
May 21 |
Berlin — Early breakfast; leave hotel with luggage at 7:45am for coach trip to Prague.
Afternoon: after hotel check-in, Prague walkabout & orientation —Wenceslaus Square, Mala Strana (Lesser Town), New Town, Old Town (the Astronomical Clock), Charles Bridge. |
Sunday,
May 22 |
Prague — Leave hotel at 8:45am for tour of Prague Castle complex: St. Vitus Cathedral, Royal Palace (for defenestration), St. George's Basilica, Golden Lane (Kafka at #22).
Afternoon: EXPLORE PRAGUE —
the historic Jewish Quarter, Old Town Hall Tower, chamber music concert, Sternberk Palace Art Museum of the National Gallery (aka European Art Museum), Museum of the City of Prague, National Gallery, Veletrzni Palace (20th century works), National Technical Museum (awesome displays), Dvorak, Smetana, & Mozart museums, Loreto Palace, various other churches, galleries. |
Monday,
May 23 |
Prague — Leave hotel at 8:15am with luggage for coach journey to Vienna.
Afternoon: after hotel check-in, Vienna walkabout & orientation — Graben, St. Stephen's, Pestsaüle, Peterskirche, Hofburg.
Evening: Grinzing (optional). |
Tuesday,
May 24 |
Vienna — Leave hotel at 8:30am for Schloss Schönbrunn (palace and gardens).
Afternoon: EXPLORE VIENNA —
Neue Burg (outstanding musical instruments of the composers & Hapsburgs, armor, etc.), Historiches Museum der Stat Wien, Schatzkammer, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum (military - Sarajevo assassination auto), Naturhistoriches Museum, Freud House, Mozart House, Kaisergruft [Capuchin Crypt], Spanish Riding School, Hundertwasser House. |
Wednesday,
May 25 |
Vienna — Leave hotel at 9:20am for Kunsthistorisches Museum.
Afternoon: EXPLORE VIENNA — as above. |
Thursday,
May 26 |
Vienna — Leave hotel with luggage at 8:30am for coach trip to Irdning via Alpine lakes and villages, Bad Aussee & Hallstatt.
Afternoon: Irdning walkabout & orientation. |
Friday,
May 27 |
Irdning — Gather at 8:00am to visit English language classes at local school.
Afternoon: travel to Löser Strasse for hike; coach tour of Gesäuse region. |
Saturday,
May 28 |
Irdning — Depart with luggage at 8:30am for Salzburg via Dachstein Ice Caves and Berchtesgaden/Salt Mines.
Late Afternoon: after hotel check-in, Salzburg orientation. |
Sunday,
May 29 |
Salzburg — Leave hotel at 9:30am for Salzburg walkabout: Kapuzinerberg, Mirabell Palace & Gardens, the Altstadt, Mozart's birthplace, Salzburg Dom, St. Peter's Cemetery, Stiftskirche St. Peter, open-air market at Kollegienkirche.
Afternoon: EXPLORE SALZBURG —
Sound of Music tour, Mozart's birthplace, Salzburg Dom, Toy Museum, Nonnberg Priory, Museum Carolino Augusteum, Friedhof St. Sebastian, the Mönchsberg, Rupertinum Gallery (20th century); & outside the city (use local busses): Schloss Hellbrunn or Gaisberg. Or just wander the Altstadt. |
Monday,
May 30 |
Salzburg — Leave hotel at 9:00am for visit to Hohensalzburg Fortress.
Afternoon: EXPLORE SALZBURG — as above. |
Tuesday,
May 31 |
Salzburg — Early Rising!! for 6:35am departure, with luggage, for coach trip to Munich Airport and 11:10am flight to Charlotte, arriving 2:55 pm. |
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