Day 1 – Thursday, April 29, 2010 – Please Read Denmark Day 6 As we traveled to Europe one week early, we have spent the last 6 days in Denmark and had no long flight from the USA as our typical Day 1 for the Highlights of Eastern Europe. Please check our adventures in Denmark.
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Day 2 – Friday, April 30, 2010 – Early Flight from Copenhagen, Denmark to Frankfurt, Germany and then Arrive Vienna, Austria – Afternoon Tour The alarm went off at 2:45 – a short night indeed! We were able to get ready and organize our bags by 3:30. By that time Ulla was up to say goodbye to us and Jesper took us to the airport in Copenhagen. The ...
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Day 3 – Saturday, May 1, 2010 – Drive from Vienna to Lake Bled, Slovenia – Visit the Castle and Lake Bled (2 nights) The sun peeked up over the Danube early so we were both awake when the alarm went off at 5:45. Just before we ate our breakfast I checked the weather and it was already 61º and 75% humidity. Eva greeted us and reminded us that where we sat today would determine ...
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Day 4 – Sunday, May 2, 2010 – Lake Bled – Excursion to Alpine Jewels, Lake Bohinj and Visit to the Postojna Caves Our day began later this morning as we did not have to meet until 8:15. We had a leisurely breakfast and then met Tamara again for the morning Optional Activity. We got into the bus and made our way to the Julian Alps. Julius Caesar halted his quest to expand his ...
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Day 5 – Monday, May 3, 2010 – Tour Ljubljana, Slovenia to Zagreb, Croatia (2 nights) It was raining hard when we woke up this morning; we call it Brazil rain, coming down in sheets! The temperature was 58º and the humidity was 86%. Once again we realized Eva’s wisdom in doubling up our optionals yesterday instead of taking us to the ski area today. The porter came after our ...
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Day 6 – Tuesday, May 4, 2010 – Zagreb, City Tour Kumrovec (Marshall Tito’s Birthplace) and Farmhouse Lunch After our wake up call at 6:30, then breakfast, we met our City Guide, Milovan who gave us a short history of Croatia and Zagreb on our drive to the Cathedral where we began our walk of the city. Croatia was once part of the Austria-Hungarian Empire and one can see the ...
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Day 7 – Wednesday, May 5, 2010 – Visit Lake Balaton on the Drive to Budapest, Hungary Dinner Cruise on the Danube (2 nights) Gennie was awake and working online when the sun came up. The wake-up call came at 7:00 but we were up and had our bags out at 7:30. Everyone had had a good breakfast, the luggage was stored away, and we were able to leave at 8:30 as planned. The ...
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Day 8 – Thursday, May 6, 2010 – Budapest, Hungary sightseeing and Visit to the Parliament and Old Hungary Excursion with Lunch We woke up to a new morning in Budapest. Although the skies were gray, it was not raining – a good omen for our walking tour of the city. The temperature was 65º and the humidity was 84%. Eniko, our city guide met us at 8:00 along with our new bus ...
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Day 9 – Friday, May 7, 2010 – Drive through Slovakia to Krakow, Poland The SUN – the SUN!!! This morning we had a beautiful sunny start to our travel day to Poland. Once again, everyone was on the bus even before our designated departure time at 8:30. Already this early in the morning it was 64º and it was much drier at 54% humidity. Eva gave us a review for the day’s ...
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Day 10 – Saturday, May 8, 2010 – Krakow, Poland. Wieliczka Salt Mines Tour, City Sightseeing Tour, and Polish Folklore & Dinner We woke up at 6:15 to a thick fog with the temperature at 56º and the humidity was 97%. By the time we had our breakfast and were on the bus, the sun was beginning to peek out for another beautiful day in Poland. Eva had warned us that we needed to be ...
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Day 11 – Sunday, May 9, 2010 – Drive to Auschwitz, Poland then on to Jasna Gora Monastery in Czestochowa and to Warsaw, Poland Happy Mother’s Day! I remembered to purchase a card in Colorado, but finding it in my bag after two weeks was another challenge! I was successful in finding it and Gennie was very pleased. It rained most of the night. With our window open we could hear ...
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Day 12 – Monday, May 10, 2010 – Warsaw, Poland sightseeing, Wilanow Palace, City Tour & Chopin Piano Concert Today’s sun was a welcome sight as we had many outside activities today. After breakfast at 8:45 we met our Warsaw local guide, Ola and our new driver, Marek, who would be with us just for the day. We drove south through the city – all 1950’s Communist style buildings ...
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Day 13 – Tuesday, May 11, 2010 – We Drive to Poznan, Poland and then on to Berlin, Germany A very thick fog greeted us this morning on our last day in Poland. We had an early departure at 7:30 so we were up and getting ready at 5:45. Eva gave us her regular morning overview of our “Getting There Day” and because it was Paula’s (from Australia) birthday we started our day with a ...
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Day 14 – Wednesday, day, May 12, 2010 – Berlin, Germany sightseeing Reichstag Dome, Holocaust Memorial & the Wall, Berlin by Night & Dinner Our wake-up call at 6:15 was the street sweeper going back and forth cleaning the streets below. We are in Germany! The local guide Ita met us at 7:40 for our trip to the Reichstag Building, the seat of the German Parliament. She gave us a ...
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Day 15 – Thursday, May 13, 2010 – Dresden, Germany – Prague, Czech Republic and Prague Night City Tour Our departure was later today, we had until 9:00 to be on the bus. Breakfast at the Hilton was wonderful as usual with such a variety of choices. Gennie who is usually a “breakfast skipper” found a delicious piece of chocolate cherry cake! I took a weather reading as we waited ...
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Day 16 – Friday, May 14, 2010 – Prague, Czech Republic sightseeing walking tour and Lunch Cruise We had breakfast and then gathered our rain gear in preparation for our city walking tour. The weather was cool at 52º and the humidity was 81%. This was really the first day when the rain was a factor in our plans. Paul II was on the bus as our city guide again this morning. Most ...
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Day 17 – Saturday, May 15, 2010 – Visit Tabor, Czech Republic on to Horn and then to Vienna, Austria Vienna Palace Concert This was our last day on the bus; it has become our home away from home. We rotated through the seats and today were back in the last row of seats with Pat and James, exactly where we started. The porters did not bring the luggage carts out until 7:40 which ...
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Day 18 – Sunday, May 16, 2010 – Flight Vienna, Austria to Frankfurt, Germany to Denver, USA The last leg of our Eastern European journey brought us home to Colorado. Gennie had been up since 5:30 checking the internet for any last minute glitches in our flight schedule. We gathered at the hotel lobby in Vienna one more time at 8:30. Eva was there along with Paul to take us to the ...
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