In about an hour I will be getting on the bus for the airport and am so excited! Our group will be going to 8 countries over the course of almost a month, it is a bit overwhelming and hard to believe I am going to be seeing so much in such a short time! We will be going to: Berlin, Dresden, Prague, Bratislava, Vienna, Salzburg, Dachau, Strasbourg, Luxembourg, Leuven, Brussels, Amsterdam, and lastly Paris. Once we get back, I will have several weeks left in Cyprus to savor. Anyway, as I did last time, I have included the trip itinerary. I just copy and paste what they send us, so it is very detailed, but I don't have the time to go through and make it more concise.
This may be hard to believe if you know me, but this is ALL of the clothing I will be packing for the entire trip (and I took out 4 shirts after this pic)! And I am only bringing 3 pairs of shoes! (sneakers, silver flats, and my boots) Aren't you impressed and proud?! I guess when you are already living out of two suitcases worth of belongings, it isn't hard to narrow it down. I am getting use to life on the go, we are always travelling, so I have learned what the true essentials are and how inconvenient and heavy stuff can get when you are walking blocks of a city or hiking with all your stuff on your back!
CENTRAL EUROPE TRIP SCHEDULE
APRIL 2012
07 APRIL –
SATURDAY – LARNACA/MUNICH/BERLIN
00:30 (12:30am) Depart from Nicosia to Larnaca airport.
03:10 Flight takes off from Larnaca to Berlin through
Munich.
05:45 Arrival
in Munich. Proceed to next connecting
flight. *Turn your watched back 1 hr. for time difference
10:55 Flight takes off to Berlin.
12:00 Arrival at Tegel airport in Berlin. Terminal 2
Check
out. Meet guide and bus driver. Load the bus and proceed for 3 hour tour of
the city. Combination bus and walking.
At the end of the tour the bus will
transfer the group to the hotel to check in.
Hotel Ibis Berlin, City Ost, An der Schillingbrucke 2,
D -10243 Berlin,
Tel: +49 (0) 30 25 76 03 33.
Rest of the day is free.
08
APRIL - SUNDAY – BERLIN
Breakfast
Free day in Berlin.
9
APRIL- MONDAY - BERLIN-DRESDEN-PRAGUE
Breakfast
09:30 Check out and load the bus for departure.
10:00 Drive
to Prague. On the way we stop in Dresden
for lunch.
13:00 Arrive
in Dresden.
2 hours free time for lunch.
15:00 Proceed
to Prague.
18:00 Arrive
in Prague.
The
rest of the evening is free.
10 APRIL –
TUESDAY – PRAGUE
(Note: The
currency in the Czech Republic is the Czech Crown)
Breakfast
09:00
Meet guide at the hotel to
start a 4 hr. walking tour of the city.
Please wear comfortable clothes and shoes!
13:00 End of tour – rest of the day free.
11
APRIL - WEDNESDAY - PRAGUE–BRATISLAVA-VIENNA
Breakfast
08:00 Check
out and load the bus.
08:15 Leave for Bratislava.
12:20 Arrival in Bratislava. Lunch just before
entering the city.
14.00
Meet guide for a 2 ½ hour
tour of the city. Combination bus and
walking.
16:30 One
hour free time in Bratislava depending on the weather.
17:30 Leave
for Vienna.
19:30 Approximate
arrival in Vienna.
Check
in at Hotel Ibis Wien Mariahilfer Gurtel 22 – 24. Tel: +43(O) 1 599 98
The
evening is free.
12
APRIL -THURSDAY - VIENNA
. Breakfast
09:45 The guide will meet the group
at the hotel reception and start a 3 hour tour of the city. The tour will be a combination of bus and
walking.
13:00 Tour
ends.
Rest
of the day is free.
13
APRIL - FRIDAY -VIENNA-SALZBURG
Breakfast.
08:00 Check
out and load the bus. Depart for Salzburg .
09:30 Brief stop at Melk Abbey.
10:00 On the way to Salzburg. Watch
the Sound of Music J.
13:00 Arrive
in Salzburg. Check in at:
Goldenes
Theater Hotel Salzburg, Schallmooser Hauptstr 13 A 5020 Salzburg.
Tel:
0662/881681
Rest
of the day free.
14 APRIL -SATURDAY – SALZBURG
Breakfast
Free day in Salzburg.
15 APRIL -SUNDAY - SALZBURG – DACHAU - STRASBOURG
Breakfast
08:00 Check out
and load the bus. Two hours drive to Dachau. Watch documentary
on Dachau.
10:00 Arrive in Dachau.
10:30 – 12:00 Visit
the Dachau Concentration Camp, audio guides for those who would like them.
12:10 Drive
to a nearby place for lunch.
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch.
13:30 Depart
for Strasbourg.
19:00 Approximate
arrival in Strasbourg, the group will stay at the:
Hotel
Ibis Ponts Couverts, 7 Rue de Molsheim, 67000
Strasbourg , Tel: 03.90.22.48.55
16APRIL
– MONDAY– STRASBOURG
Breakfast
Free morning.
14:40 On
the bus for the transfer to the Council of Europe. *Bring your passports!
15:00 Arrival at the main
entrance of the Palais de l’Europe.
Visit of the
Debating Chamber of the Parliamentary Assembly.
15:30 Talk on the role of the
Council of Europe in the European political landscape.
16:30 End of the program.
Rest of the day
is free.
17
APRIL– TUESDAY -STRASBOURG-LUXEMBOURG-LEUVEN
Breakfast
10:00 Check out and load the
bus. Drive to Luxembourg.
12:30 Approximate
arrival in Luxembourg. Free time for
lunch. Walk to the city centre where there are many restaurants.
15:00 Meet
back at the bus. On the way to Leuven.
17:30 Approximate
arrival in Leuven. Check in at:Hotel
Ibis Leuven Centrum, Brusselsestraat 52, 3000 Leuven, Belgium Tel: +32 16
293111
Free evening.
18 APRIL -WEDNESDAY
- BRUSSELS– AMSTERDAM
Breakfast
08:00 Check
out and load the bus. Drive to Brussels
to the European Parliament.
10:15 At
the entrance of the building.
10:30 The
Tour/Seminar starts.
12:00 End
of the seminar. Back to the bus –
Drive
to the city centre for lunch.
12:45 At
the city centre - 2 hours free
14:45 Back
to the bus and on the way to Amsterdam.
17:00 Approximate
arrival in Amsterdam.
Check
in at Hotel Ibis Amsterdam City Centre, Stationsplein 49, 1012 AB Amsterdam
, Tel: +31 (0) 20 638 99 99
Free
evening.
19 APRIL - THURSDAY- AMSTERDAM
Breakfast
09:15 The
bus to take the group to the Van Gogh Museum.
10:00 Free
time at the museum, audio guides for those who would like them, take as much
time as you like.
The rest of the day is free for you
to explore Amsterdam.
20 APRIL – FRIDAY- AMSTERDAM - PARIS
Breakfast
10:00 Leave
for Paris
Stop
for lunch along the way.
18:00 Approximate
arrival in Paris.
Check
in at Hotel : Ibis Paris, place d’Italie – 25 avenue Stephen Pichon – 75013
Paris, Tel: 0033 (0) 1 44 24 94 85
Evening
free.
21 APRIL - SATURDAY- PARIS
Breakfast
10:00 Meet
to take the metro to go for a small walking tour to orient yourself with the
city center before going to the Louvre.
13:00 Group
will enter the Museum - Audio guides for
those who would like to have them. There
is no group guiding, all will explore the museum at their own pace and
preference.
Rest
of the day is free.
22 APRIL - SUNDAY – PARIS
Breakfast
Free
day in Paris.
23
APRIL - MONDAY PARIS – MUNICH - LARNACA
15:30 Check out and load the bus. Drive to the airport.
17:00 Arrival
at the airport. Check in for the flight to Larnaca through Munich.
19:25 Flight
takes off.
20:50 Arrival
in Munich - Proceed directly for the
connection flight to Larnaca
21:35 Flight
takes off.
01:55 Arrival
at Larnaca 24 April. *Watches changed back to 1 hr. ahead.
I don't know how you are going to live through this itenerary. So far every place you've been has been so over-the-top amazing, that the sensory overload must be exhausting already... and now this tour. It's so important that you continue to write about what you see and how you feel. Like you said, it becomes a blur fast, especially with this itenerary and you only have one chance to document what you see and feel before you have the next experience.
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