Date
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Activity
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Stay
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Sunday
30/4/17
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Depart
: Sydney 15:00 on SQ222 Arrive : Singapore 21:35
Depart : Singapore 23:55 Arrive : Amsterdam 7:15 1/5/17
Collect: Rental car |
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Monday
1/5/17
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Drive
to Keukenhof Gardens, tour
the gardens
Drive to Bruges, Belgium via The Flower
Route
Scenic walk around Old Town
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Tuesday
2/5/17
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Drive
to Ypres, Belgium visit Menin Gate Memorial
Visit battlefield location where Francis
Gregory Clancy ( Adrienne's Great Uncle) won the Military
Medal.
Drive to Bullecourt, France visit Bullecourt
1917 Museum
Visit Bullecourt Digger Memorial
Drive to Le Clos St Georges Abbey ( Hotel) explore the park and
gardens
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Wednesday
3/5/17
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100th anniversary of 2nd Battle of Bullecourt,
Dawn Visit to the battlefield
Visit the gravesite of Thomas H. Brown
( Neil's fathers cousin)
Drive to Bastogne, Belgium,
visit American Liberators Museum
( Battle of the Bulge, 1944)
Drive to Maastricht, Netherlands. Scenic walk around old
town
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Thursday
4/5/17
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Drive
to Zaandam, tour Zaanse Schans Historic
Windmills,
Return rental car at Amsterdam Centraal Station
Board Emerald Sun riverboat for
Splendours of Europe Cruise
If time - Afternoon walk through Jordaan District
or visit Rijksmuseum
Meet up with the Pearces, Millers and Morgans
Welcome Dinner ( with many glasses of bubbly
to celebrate, "we finally made it!" )
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Amsterdam,
Netherlands
Emerald
Sun (link to current location)
14
nights
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Friday
5/5/17
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Canal
boatcruise on Amsterdam canals
or
Guided city walk
Cruising after lunch and overnight
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Saturday
6/5/17
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Cruising
during morning
Guided walk in Cologne followed by free time ( Visit Cologne Cathedral?)
OR
Optional: Visit Bruhl, famous
for the Augustus Palace
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Cologne,
Germany
Emerald
Sun
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Sunday
7/5/17
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Count
the castles while cruising through the
Rhine Gorge
Cable
Car Ride: to the Germania Monument in Rudesheim
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Monday
8/5/17
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Guided
tour of Miltenberg Old Town
Optional: Hike to Wertheim
Castle
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Tuesday
9/5/17
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Tour
the Bishops Pallace
Guided
walking tour of Wurzburg
Optional:
Day trip to Rothenburg ob der Tauber
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Wednesday
10/5/17
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Morning
cruise through the Main-Danube Canal
Guided tour of UNESCO World heritage
city Bamberg
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Thursday
11/5/17
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Guided
tour of historic Nuremberg and Imperial
Castle
Optional:
Tour to Nazi Party Rally Grounds & WWII Documentation centre
Evening lecture on the EU
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Friday
12/5/17
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Morning
cruise along the Danube to Regensburg
Guided tour of the Old Town
Optional:
Brahaus excursion
Evening Concert
by Bavarian "Oom-Pah" Band
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Regensburg,
Germany
Emerald
Sun
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Saturday
13/5/17
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Guided
walk of Passau city, visit
St Stephen's Cathedral
Optional:
Choose a day tour to Salzburg, Austria
or Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic
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Sunday
14/5/17
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Visit
900 year old Melk
Abbey
Cruise the spectacular Wachau
Valley to Durnstein , view Castle where Richard
the Lionheart was imprisoned
Optional:
Biking
Tour of Danube Valley
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Monday
15/5/17
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Scenic
drive through Vienna city, free time or
Optional:
Afternoon
visit to Schonbrunn Palace
Optional:
Evening
Viennese concert with music by Mozart and Strauss
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Tuesday
16/5/17
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Sightseeing
tour of Old Town, Gothic Cathedral of
St Martin
Optional:
Afternoon
tea with a local Slovakian family
Captain's Gala
Dinner
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Wednesday
17/5/17
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Guided
tour of the city including Royal
Castle and Chain Bridge
Afternoon swim at the Széchenyi
Thermal Baths
Evening cruise under the lit
bridges and castles
Traditional
Hungarian Farewell Dinner
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Budapest, Hungary
Emerald
Sun
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Thursday
18/5/17
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After
breakfast, say goodbye to friends
and disembark the boat
Collect rental car at Budapest Marriott and drive to Cesky Krumlov,
Czech Republic
Scenic walk aound old town and visit the State
Castle of Cesky Krumlov
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Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic
Hotel
Gold
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Friday
19/5/17
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Drive
to Prague.
Walking tour of Prague Castle
Dinner in Mala Strana (Lesser Town)
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Saturday
20/5/17
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Dawn photo shoot
on Charles Bridge
After
breakfast, walking tour of Old Town ( Old Town Square), Wenceslas
Square
Afternoon visit Jewish Quarter
Dinner in Old Town Square
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Sunday
21/5/176
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Drive to Kutna Hora, visit Sedlec Ossuary,
the "Bone Chapel"
Drive to Krakow
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Krakow,
Poland
Andel's
by Vienna House Hotel
3
nights
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Monday
22/5/17
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9.00am pickup for Guided Tour to Wieliczka
Salt Mine
Return to Krakow by 1pm,
Afternoon walk through Old Town
and Wawel Castle
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Tuesday
23/5/17
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Drive
to Osweicim,
9.20 Timed Entry visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau
Memorial Museum
Return to Krakow, Afternoon visit Cloth
Hall and Rynek Glowny Underground
Museum
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Wednesday
24/5/17
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Drive to Žehra, Slovakia, visit Spiš
Castle - largest castle site in Central Europe
Drive the High
Tatras Scenic Drive to Strbske Pleso, lakeside
ski resort
Scenic Hike around the lake
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Thursday
25/5/17
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Drive to Banská Štiavnica, UNESCO World
Heritage Site, visit Old & New Castles
Drive to Memento Park, Budapest
- museum park of Communist era sculpture
Return Rental Car at Marriott Budapest
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Friday
26/5/17
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Visit Central Market
Walk up to Citadella Hill
?
Visit House of Terror Museum
( if time)
3pm or 4pm tour of Hungarian State Opera
House with Mini Concert
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Saturday
27/5/17
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Depart
: Budapest 9:25 on LQ1335 Arrive : Frankfurt 11:10
Depart : Frankfurt 12:30 on SQ25 Arrive : Singapore
6:50 28/5/17
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Sunday
28/5/17
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Depart
: Singapore 9:35 on SQ211 Arrive: Sydney 7:15pm
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Home!
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