Itinerary
Will take time to put up, becuase I've got to type it all by hand. I'm sure the itinerary is not that important to you so go look at the pics!
I've taken out the hotel names and addresses. If you would like a list of hotels, just ask me.
Musical Directors:
Mr. Robert Miller, Mr. Michael Wolf, Symphonic Band
Mr. Brent Lewis, Jazz Ensemble
Mr. Dan Smith, Mr. James Merwin, and Mr. Tyrone Dinkins, Concert Choir
Social Studies Coordinator:
Mr. James Gavaghan
Countries Visited:
Belguim, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, and France
Iceland (for some)
Escort and Head Director:
Mr. Robert Miller
Key:
Date
Location
(Distance)
Activity
Times, except for the US dates, are on the 24 hour clock
Friday, June 23
Albright College; Reading, PA, USA
Rehearsals & Orientation
Saturday, June 24
Albright College; Reading, PA, USA
Rehearsals & Orientation
Sunday, June 25
Albright College; Reading, PA, USA
Rehearsals / Recording Sessions
8PM Farewell Concert / American Music Abroad Silver Tour '00
Monday, June 26
Albright College; Reading, PA, USA
Rehearsals / lunch / check out
11:30 AM Group I (Sabena flight): Load coaches
12:30 PM Board coaches / Depart for JFK Airport
JFK Airport
5:00 PM Check-in: SABENA flight #---
JFK / Brussels
7:00 PM SABENA flight #--- Departs
Dinner / overnight / breakfast on board flight
2:30 PM Group II (Icelandair flight): Load coaches
3:30 PM Board Coaches / Depart for BWI Airport
6:30 PM Check-in ICELANDAIR Flight#---
8:45 PM ICELANDAIR Flight#--- Departs
Arrive Keflavik Airport, Iceland, change to ICELANDAIR flight#---
Dinner / Overnight / Breakfast on board Flight
Tuesday, June 27
Group I (Sabena flight):
Brussels, Belguim / Koblenz, Germany
(298 kms.)
8.35 Sabena flight #--- arr. Belguim International Airport
Clear Customs / Board Coaches / depart airport
Independant lunch enroute
Arr. Koblenz / Check into hotels
Group II (Icelandair flight):
Frankfurt, Germany / Limburg
(64 kms.)
12.50 Icelandair flight#--- arr. Frankfurt International Airport
Clear Customs / Board Coaches / depart Airport
Arrive Limburg for Independant lunch and sightseeing
Limburg / Koblenz
(47 kms.)
16.30 Board Coaches / depart Limburg
17.30 Arr. Koblenz / check into Hotels
Both Groups
19.00 Dinner at hotels in Koblenz
Coach transfer to Ehrenbreitstein Citadel overlooking Rhine & Mosel Rivers
Overnight at Hotels
Wednesday, June 28
Koblenz / Marksburg
(13 km.)
8.00 Breakfast in hotels / Check out of hotels
8.45 Board Coaches / depart hotels
9.15 Arr. marksburg Castle
9.30 GUIDED TOUR OF MARKSBURG CASTLE (entrance included)
Marksburg / Rüdesheim
(50 kms.)
11.00 Board coaches / Depart Marksburg
Arrive village of Rüdesheim / Freetime for independant lunch
Rüdesheim / Bad Brückenau
(163 kms.)
13.30 Rejoin coaches / depart Rüdesheim
Arrive Bad Brüchenau / Check into hotel
17.30 Dinner in hotel IN CONCERRT UNIFORM
19.30 CONCERT: BAD BRÜCKENAU
Overnight at hotel
Thurday, June 29
Bad Brückemau / Rothenburg ob der Tauber
(131 kms.)
8.00 Breakfast in hotel / Check out of Hotel
9.00 Load Coaches / depart hotel
Arr. Rothenburg ob der Tauber / Group walk to Rathausplatz
Freetime for independant sightseeing & lunch
Rothenburg / Dinkelsbühl
(49 kms.)
15.30 Meet at Rathausplatz / Walk to Coaches / depart Rothenburg
16.30 Arr. Dinkelsbühl / check into hotels
19.00 Dinner in hotels
21.30 Assemble - St. George's Church
GUIDED WALKING TOUR OF DINKELSBÜHL
Overnight in hotels
Friday, June 30
Dinkelsbühl
8.30 Breakfast in hotels
Day free for independant sightseeing, shopping, lunch
17.00 Dinner in hotels (IN UNIFORM)
18.15 Staff lead students on walk to concert site in Stadt Park
Coach transfer of instruments to concert site
19.30 CONCERT: STADT PARK< DINKELSBÜHL
After concert / return to hotels / Overnight in hotels
Saturday, July 1
Dinkelsbühl / Dauchau
(156 kms.)
7.00 Breakfast in hotels / Check out of Hotels
8.00 Board Coaches / depart Dinkelsbühl
11.00 Arr. Dauchau Concentration Camp / Visit memorial site
Rejoin coaches / Depart Dauchau
Dauchau, Germany / Westendorf, Austria
(190 kms.)
Independant lunch enroute
Arr. Westendorf / Check into hotels
18.30 Dinner: Coaches 1 & 3
20.00 Dinner: Coaches 2 & 4
21.30 SPECIAL TYROLEAN FOLKLORIC PARTY
Overnight in hotels
Sunday, July 2
Westendorf
9.00 Breakfast in hotels
Choir meet at church in Westendorf
10.30 CHOIR PERFORMANCE AT CHURCH SERVICE
Remainder of day free for independant activites: hiking, swimming, shopping, riding ski-lift / Independant lunch
17.00 Dinner: Coaches 1 & 3 + Jazz Band
18.15 Dinner: Coaches 2 & 4, IN UNIFORM
Walk to concert site
20.00 CONCERT: WESTENDORF ALPEN PAVILION (Alpenrosenhalle if rain)
Overnight in hotel
Monday, July 3
Westendorf / Rattenburg
(29 kms.)
8.00 Breakfast in hotels
9.00 Board coaches / depart Westendorf (dress warm)
TAKE UNIFORMS AND INSTRUMENTS
Arr. Rattenburg / freetime to visit shops, glass blowing exhibition
12.00 Depart Rattenberg
Rattenberg / Mayrhofen
(37 kms.)
13.00 Arr. Gondola station / board Gondola for trip to glacier (gondola included)
Freetime for exploring and independant lunch
Glacier / Mayrhofen
16.00 Depart glacier via gondola
18.00 Dinner in Restaurant Neuhaus (IN UNIFORM) / Transfer to concert site
20.30 CONCERT: MAYRHOFEN MUSIK PAVILION
After concert / board coaches / Depart Mayrhofen
Mayrhofen / Westendorf
(69 kms.)
Arr. Westendorf / Overnight in hotels
Tuesday, July 4
Westendorf / Salzburg / Westendorf
(125 kms. each way)
Breakfast in hotels
10.30 Board Coaches / depart Westendorf
Arr. Salzburg / Freetime for shopping, independant sightseeing & lunch
17.15 Maeet at fountain in Residenz Platz, walk to restaurant
17.30 Dinner: Restaurant Stiegl Keller
Walk to coaches / Board Coaches / depart Salzburg
Arr. Westendorf / overnight in hotels
Wednesday, July 5
Westendorf, Austria / Abano Terme, Italy
(446 kms.)
Breakfast in hotels / Check out of hotels
9.30 Board coaches / Depart Westendorf
10.30 Arrive Innsbruck / Group Walk into center of "old city"
Freetime for independant lunch and exploring (Use Austrian Schillings)
12.30 Meet in "old city"; walk back to coaches / Depart Innsbruck
Rest Stop enroute at lakeside resort of Riva de Garda, italy (Use Italian Lira)
18.15 Arr. Abano Terme / Check into hotels
20.00 Dinner at hotels / Overnight in hotels
Thursday, July 6
Abano Terme / Venice
(40 kms. each way)
8.00 Breakfast in hotels
9.00 Board Coaches / Depart Abano Terme
10.15 Arr. Venice / Board Charter boats to San Marco Square (Round-trip included)
Freetime for independant sightseeing and lunch
Suggestions: Visit Doges Palace, Bridge of Sighs, Gondola ride, outdoor cafe
16.00 Assemble San Marco Square / walk to charter boats
16.30 Board charter boats / transfer to coach parking
Board Coaches / Depart Venice for Abano Terme
19.00 Dinner in hotels in Abano Terme
Board Coaches / Depart for concert site with instruments
21.15 CONCERT: PIAZZA 1.MAGGIO, MONTEGROTTO TERME
After concert return to hotels for overnight
Friday, July 7
Abano Terme, Italy / Vitznau, Switzerland
(463 kms.)
8.00 Breakfast in hotels / Check out of Hotels
9.00 Board Coaches / Depart Abano Terme
Lunch (Pavesi Milano) and rest stops enroute
16.30 Arrive Vitznau in heart of Switzerland / Check into hotels
18.00 Dinner in hotels (IN UNIFORM)
20.00 CONCERT: VITZNAU (due to rain, this concert was cancled)
Overnight
Saturday, July 8
Vitznau / Lucerne
(30 kms.)
7.00 Breakfast in hotels
Check out of hotels / Load coaches / Depart Vitznau
Board Coaches / Transfer to Lucerne
Arr. Lucerne / Group walk for visit to Lion Monument
Coaches transfer to Bucherer / Freetime for shopping / Independant Lunch
14.00 Meet in front of Bucherer
14.15 Board Coaches / depart Lucerne
Lucerne, Switzerland / Strasbourg, France
(226 kms.)
Arr. Strasbourg, France / Check into hotel
18.30 Board coaches / transfer to DANCE CLUB
19.00 SPECIAL SILVER TOUR PIZZA / DANCE PARTY
22.00 Board coaches / Return to hotels for overnight
Sunday, July 9
Strasbourg
8.00 Breakfast in hotel
9.00 Board Coaches / depart hotel
Meet guides:GUIDED WALKING TOUR OF OLD CITY STRASBOURG
Meet Coaches / depart Strasbourg
17.30 Dinner
18.30 Board coaches / Transfer to Concert Site
20.30 CONCERT: ILLKIRCH
After concert coach transfer to hotel / Overnight
Monday, July 10
Strasbourg / Paris
(450 kms.)
7.30 Breakfast in hotel / Check out of Hotel
8.30 Board coaches / depart Strasbourg
Rest Stops and Independant Lunch enroute
Arr. Paris coaches 1,3, & 4 / Coach 2 unexpected stop in bus garage due to broken alternator
17.30 Dinner in Hard Rock Cafe Paris
After Dinner / Coach transfer to Eiffel Tower
VISIT EIFFEL TOWER - VIEW CITY FROM SECOND LEVEL (tickets included)
Meet coaches / depart Paris via Champs Elysées
Coach transfer to Roissy / Check into hotels / Overnight
Tuesday, July 11
Paris
7.15 Breakfast in hotels
Meet in Lobbies / Coach transfer into Paris
Arrive MUSÉE D'ORSAY
VISIT MUSÉE D'ORSAY - Imperssionist part of Louvre (Entrance included)
11.55 Rejoin Coaches / Transfer to Notre Dame Cathedral
Arr. Notre Dame Cathedral
Freetime to view cathedral / Independant lunch
Rejoin coaches / transfer to Euro Disney
Remainder of day free in Euro Disney / Independant Dinner (Voucher)
22.30 Meet outside Euro Disney gates / Coach transer to hotels
Wednesday, July 12
Group I (Sabena flight):
Roissy, France / Brussels, Belguim
(300 kms.)
6.30 Breakfast in hotels / Check out of hotel
7.30 Board Coaches / Depart for Brussels / rest stop in belguim enroute
13.00 Arrive Brussels International Airport, check in SABENA Flight#---
Independant lunch in airport after check-in
15.05 SABENA Flight#--- departs
JFK Airport, NYC, USA
5:20 PM Arrive JFK International Airport
Group II (Icelandair Flight):
Roissy / DeGaulle Airport
Load Coaches / Breakfast in hotel / Check out of hotel
11.00 Board coaches / Depart for Charles DeGaulle Airport
Check-in: ICELANDAIR Flight#---
14.10 ICELANDAIR Flight#--- departs
Arrive Keflavik Airport, Iceland, change to ICELANDAIR Flight#---
BWI Airport, Baltimore, MD, USA
6:40 Arrive BWI Airport
WELCOME HOME!
NOTE: This Itinerary was changed to fit more along the lines of what happened in Europe. If you have a problem with that.... deal with it, cause I ain't typin' it again!
Just Kidding... if you notice something incorrect, just tell me.
