When & Where!

GERMANY, BELGIUM & FRANCE

Rundle Academy

15 DAYS/13 NIGHTS

FINAL ITINERARY

·         Arrival: March 21, 2012

·         Departure: April 4, 2012

DETAILED ITINERARY

March 22, 2012

·         10:10 - GRIMM TOURISTIK WETZLAR

·         10:11 - MEET YOUR GERMAN PROMETOUR GUIDE FRANZISKA DÜRING

·         12:00 Hotel H2 HOTEL BERLIN

·         13:30 - AFTER CHECK-IN AND LUNCH ON YOUR OWN EXPLORE BERLIN BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, A TICKET WILL BE PROVIDED BY YOUR GUIDE

·         15:00 - AFTER A STOP AT THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL VISIT THE CHECKPOINT CHARLIE MUSEUM

·         18:30 - DINNER BAYERISCHES WIRSTHAUS BERLIN

March 23, 2012

·         08:15 - BOARD YOUR PRIVATE COACH TO TRANSFER TO HOHENSCHOENHAUSEN MEMORIAL

·         09:15 - HAVE A GUIDED VISIT OF HOHENSCHOENENHAUSEN PRISON

·         12:00 - HAVE LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

·         13:00 - ENJOY A PRIVATE BUS TOUR OF BERLIN

·         17:00 - DROP OFF AT THE CENTRAL TRAIN STATION

·         17:30 - PICK UP SOME SNACKS FOR AND THINGS YOU WANT FOR YOUR OVERNIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH

·         18:51 - OVERNIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH

March 24, 2012

·         01:12 - ARRIVING IN MUNICH TRANSFER TO YOUR HOTEL

·         02:00 - Hotel A&O HOSTEL & HOTEL MUNCHEN HACKERBÜCKE HOTEL IN A CENTRAL LOCATION, INCLUDING ROOF TERRACE WITH A VIEW OF THE ALPS

·         10:15 - AFTER BREAKFAST TRANSFERT BY PRIVATE COACH TO DACHAU

·         11:00 - HAVEA A GUIDED VISIT OF DACHAU CONCENTRATION CAMP MEMORIAL

·         12:30 - HAVE LUNCH AT THE SITE

·         15:00 - VISIT THE OLYMPIA PARK AND RIDE UP THE OLYMPIA TOWER

·         16:30 - VISIT THE BMW MUSEUM

·         19:30 - HAVE AN AUTHENTIC DINNER SHOW AT HOFBRAUHAUS BEER HALL

March 25, 2012

·         08:30 - AFTER BREAKFAST FOLLOW YOUR LOCAL GUIDE FOR A WALKING TOUR OF OLD MUNICH

·         11:15 - LUNCH

·         12:15 - VISIT THE SCHLOSS NYMPHENBURG

·         13:45 - AFTER LUNCH TRANSFER TO YOUR HOTEL TO TRANSFER TO FRANCE

·         14:30 - TRANSFER TO STRASBOURG (ARRIVAL TIME AROUND 18H30)

·         18:30 - Hotel BEST WESTERN MONOPOLE METROPOLE IN THE HEART OF STRASBOURG.

·         19:30 Resto A LA TETE DE LARD ENJOY YOUR DINNER

March 26, 2012

·         08:30 - AFTER BREAKFAST TRANSFER TO VERDUN

·         12:00 - HAVE SOME TIME FOR LUNCH

·         13:00 - CITADELLE SOUTERRAINE DE VERDUN A TRUE CITY OF THE SHADOW, BUILT UNDERGROUND IN THE 19TH CENTURY. MADE OF 7KM OF GALLERIES WHERE LIVED MORE THAN 10.000 PEOPLE

·         15:00 - HOTEL LE COQ HARDI REAL INSTITUTION WHICH MAINTAINS SINCE 1827  THE TRADITIONS OF THE HOSPITALITY AND THE FLAVORS

·         16:00 - HAVE SOME FREE TIME TO EXPLORE

·         19:30 - DINNER

March 27, 2012

·         08:30 - AFTER BREAKFAST TRANSFER TO VAUX-DEVANT-DAMLOUP

·         10:00 - FORT VAUX GUIDED TOUR

·         11:00 - FORT ET OSSUAIRE DE DOUAUMONT

·         12:00 - TRANCHÉES DE BAYONETTE

·         13:00 - LUNCH

·         14:00 - MUSEE DU MEMORIAL DE VERDUN THIS MUSEUM REDRAWS THE HISTORY OF THE MOST FAMOUS BATTLE OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR

·         15:00 - BOARD YOUR PRIVATE BUS TO ARRAS

·         19:00 - HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS SITUATED IN CITY CENTER

·         19:30 – DINNER

March 28, 2012

·         09:00 - AFTER BREAKFAST TRANSFER TO BEAUMONT-HAMEL

·         10:00 - BEAUMONT-HAMEL NEWFOUNLAND MEMORIALVISIT THE GROUNDS OF THE BEAUMONT-HAMEL NEWFOUNDLAND MEMORIAL, WHICH INCLUDE THE

·         CARIBOU MONUMENT AND BATTERFIELD TERRAIN

·         15:00 - VISIT THE THIEPVAL VISITOR CENTER

·         16:00 - PARC MEMORIAL DU CANADA VISIT WITH STUDENTS THE IMPRESSIVE MEMORIAL AT VIMY RIDGE

·         17:00 - DRIVE BACK TO ARRAS TO HAVE DINNER

·         18:30 - HAVE DINNER IN THE HOTEL RESTAURANT

March 29, 2012

·         08:00 - BOARD YOUR BUS TO YPRES

·         09:30 - ESSEX FARM CEMETERY THE LOCATION OF ESSEX FARM IS BELIEVED TO BE THE PLACE WHERE JOHN MAC RAE WROTE HIS FAMOUS POEM IN FLANDERS FIELD NI MAY 1915

·         10:59 - CARRY ON AND VISIT THE SITES OF THE WORLD WAR I IN YPRES AND PASSCHENDAELE

·         11:00 - TYNE COT CEMETERY TYNE COT CEMETERY IS THE RESTING PLACE OF 11,954 SOLDIERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH FORCES.

·         13:00 - SANCTUARY WOOD MUSEUM (HILL 62) AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR A FARMER RETURNED TO RECLAIM HIS LAND IN AND AROUND WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE WOOD HE HAD LEFT IN 1914. A SECTION OF THE ORIGINAL WOOD AND THE TRENCHES IN IT WERE CLEARED OF DEBRIS AND CASUALTIES BUT GENERALLY THE FARMER LEFT A SECTION OF A BRITISH TRENCH SYSTEM AS HE FOUND IT.

·         15:00 - VANCOUVER CROSSROADS

·         18:30 - KLEIN STADHUIS T KLEIN STADHUIS IS A GREAT LITTLE BISTRO IN THE MARKET PLACE IN IEPER

·         20:00 - LAST POST CEREMONY EVERY NIGHT AT 8:00PM A MOVING CEREMONY TAKES PLACE UNDER THE MENIN GATE IN TRIBUTE TO THE COURAGE AND SELF SACRIFICE OF THOSE WHO FELL IN DEFENCE OF IEPER

·         20:30 Hotel NOVOTEL IEPER CENTRUM IN THE HISTORIC CITY OF YPRES

March 30, 2012

·         08:30 - AFTER BREAKFAST VISUAL ILE DE FRANCE BUS TRANSFER

·         10:00 - LA COUPOLE DE ST OMER FORMER BUNKER OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR TODAY REHABILITATED IN MUSEUM

·         11:30 - LUNCH

·         12:30 - VISUAL ILE DE FRANCE TRANSFER TO DIEPPE

·         15:30 - DIEPPE VILLE D ART ET D HISTOIRE LOCAL GUIDE TO EXPLAIN THE DIEPPE LANDINGS OF 19 AUGUST 1942

·         15:31 - MAKE A STOP AT DIEPPE CEMETERY

·         17:30 - VISUAL ILE DE FRANCE TRANSFER TO CAEN

·         19:30 - IBIS CAEN IN THE HEART OF THE CITY

·         20:00 - DINNER COURTE PAILLE À L HOTEL

March 31, 2012

• 09:00 - AFTER BREAKFASTVISUAL ILE DE FRANCE TRANSFER TO BENY SUR MER
• 09:30 - CIMETIERE MILITAIRE CANADIEN CANADIAN MILITARY CEMENTARY AT BENY-SURMER, AT 1 KM OF REVIERS
• 10:30 - VISUAL ILE DE FRANCE TRANSFER TO COURSEULLES SUR MER
• 11:00 - CENTRE JUNO BEACH VISIT CANADA S JUNO BEACH CENTRE
• 15:00 - OMAHA BEACH OVER 3000 CASUALTIES ON THE 1ST DAY OF INVASION ON OMAHA BEACH
• 15:30 - POINTE DU HOC ONE OF THE BOLDEST RAIDS IN HISTORY
• 17:00 - MEMORIAL DE CAEN AN OVERALL PICTURE OF THE ISSUES, CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
• 19:00 - LE FRANCAIS / CAEN GRILL LOCATED IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN

April 1, 2012

• 08:00 - AFTER BREAKFASTVISUAL ILE DE FRANCE TRANSFER TO PARIS
• 11:30 - Hotel CAMPANILE MONTPARNASSE LOCATED IN THE MONTPARNASSE QUARTER
• 12:00 - HAVE SOME TIME FOR LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
• 13:00 - CATHEDRALE NOTRE DAME A MAGNIFICENT RELIGIOUS EDIFICE
• 14:00 - FRENCH REVOLUTION WALK THE FRENCH REVOLUTION WALK WILL ENLIGHTEN YOU TO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS IN MODERN HISTORY.
• 16:00 - LES CHAMPS ELYSEES DISCOVER THE CHAMPS ELYSEES AND SEE THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE
• 19:00 - OSKIAN ENJOY A NICE MEAL IN LOUVRE AREA

April 2, 2012

• 09:15 - AFTER BREAKFASTMUSEE DU LOUVRE COLLECTIONS OF WESTERN ART FROM THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE ANCIENT CIVILISATIONS
• 13:00 - SHOPPING GALERIES LAFAYETTE ENJOY SHOPPING IN GALERIES LAFAYETTE
• 15:00 - GO BACK TO YOUR HOTEL TO GET DRESSED FOR YOUR GALA DINNER
• 17:00 - TOUR EIFFEL ADMIRE THE VIEW FROM THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE EIFFEL TOWER
• 18:30 - TOUR EIFFEL SITUATED ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE EIFFEL TOWER
• 21:30 - BATEAUX PARISIENS CROISIERE ENJOY A UNIQUE AND RELAXED ATMOSPHERE WHILE ENJOYING A SUPERB VIEW OF PARIS

April 3, 2012

• 10:00 - AFTER BREAKFAST LES CATACOMBES VISIT THE RESTING-PLACE OF SEVERAL MILLION SKELETONS
• 13:00 - VISUAL ILE DE FRANCE TRANSFER TO EURODISNEY
• 14:00 - DISNEYLAND PARIS SPEND AN EXCITING DAY AT DISNEYLAND PARIS
• 18:30 - HAVE DINNER IN THE DISNEY VILLAGE
• 20:00 - VISUAL ILE DE FRANCE TRANSFER TO YOUR HOTEL

April 4, 2012

09:00 - AFTER BREAKFAST VISUAL ILE DE FRANCE TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT