Amsterdam-LU-Brussels
Amsterdam-LU-Brussels
Day 1
Day 1 - Saturday, April 13, 2013 - Denver; Flight to Minneapolis; Flight to Amsterdam
Go Ahead Travel
AMSTERDAM, LUXEMBOURG & BRUSSELS
Thomas Kreiseler
Here we go again; we are off to the Low Countries of Northern Europe and France! Leaving Elephant Rock at 9:30 am, we wanted to...
Day 2
Day 2 - Sunday, April 14, 2013 - Overnight Flight to Amsterdam; Welcome Dinner
After we had spent a few hours in the Delta Sky Lounge, our overnight Amsterdam flight was called and we made our way to the gate, G4. We were able to board at 6:40 pm and...
Day 3
Day 3 - Monday, April 15, 2013 - Morning tour of Amsterdam with Canal Cruise; Optional Keukenhof Gardens;
After a good night's sleep, we were ready for our first tour day in Amsterdam. We were up at 7:00 and joined our group for breakfast - a typical European meal with...
Day 4
Day 4 - Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - Day at Leisure in Amsterdam; Optional Tour of Aalsmeer Flower Market; Visit the Hague; Visit Delft; Optional Canal Dinner Cruise
We had an early departure this morning at 8:30 for a day long optional excursion to the city of Delft. Gerald, our...
Day 5
Day 5 - Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - Travel by Bus to Maastricht, the birthplace of the EU; then Travel on to Luxembourg
Today was a travel day - we went into Belgium and Luxembourg, two new countries for us!
The wake up call was at 6:30 and our luggage...
Day 6
Day 6 - Thursday, April 18, 2013 - In the Morning a Guided Tour of Luxembourg City; Free Time in the Afternoon or Optional Tour of the Mountain Towns
The weather is holding for us! There were blue skies today and the temperature was already 66° with the humidity...
Day 7
Day 7 - Friday, April 19, 2013 - North to Brussels; Pass Through Ardennes; Visit the Bastogne Historical Center; Memorial du Mardasson; Waterloo Battlefield
The wake up call came at 6:30. Our bags were to be out in the hall at 7:00 giving us plenty of time to get ready...
Day 8
Day 8 - Saturday, April 20, 2013 - Tour of Brussels with European Union, Manneken Pis, and Grand Place; Time on Our Own in the Afternoon.
Somehow the hotel’s automatic wake-up call system was not working but luckily we always set our own alarm clock – just in case…...
Day 9
Day 9 - Sunday, April 21, 2013 - Optional Full Day Excursion to Bruges
What a beautiful day for an excursion to Bruges! The temperature was 45°and the humidity was 72%.
The streets were very quiet this Sunday morning when we left the hotel at 8:36. All members of...
Day 10
Day 10 - Monday, April 22, 2013 - Train to Paris; Transfer to the Hotel; Optional Evening in Paris
We had a very leisurely morning. Most of the group left at 6:00 to catch early flights back to the States. We had breakfast in the main dining room; much...
Day 11
EVALUATION
Good Tour with a Wide Variety of Activities
Thomas Kreiseler was a good Tour Director (TD) for the Go Ahead Tours (GAT) of Amsterdam, Luxembourg and Brussels that we participated in between April 13 to 21 and the Paris Post-Trip between April 22 to 25, 2013. Our group was...
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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...
