Highlights E Europe
Highlights E Europe
Day 1
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....
Day 2
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...
Day 3
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...
Day 4
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...
Day 5
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...
Day 6
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...
Day 7
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...
Day 8
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...
Day 9
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...
Day 10
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...
Day 11
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...
Day 12
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...
Day 13
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...
Day 14
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...
Day 15
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...
Day 16
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 17
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...
Day 18
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...
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Day 13 - Saturday, April 22, 2022 - Depart for U.S.
The hotel prepared a box breakfast for us as we had to be in the lobby way before the breakfast room was open.
Last night we found out that our departure flight back to...
